The telecom sector continues its transition towards virtualizing infrastructure. The digitalization of assets and their commercialization in a marketplace is expected to play a central role in 6G networks.

Following the Industry 4.0 vision of a full digitization of the industry, time-critical services and applications, allowing network infrastructures to deliver information with determinism and reliability, are becoming more and more relevant for a set of vertical sectors.

Chapter in book “Challenges in Cybersecurity and Privacy - the European Research Landscape” by River Publishers. ISBN: 9788770220880 doi: https://doi.org/10.13052/rp-9788770220873 https://www.riverpublishers.com/research_details.php?book_id=711