The emergence of Industry 6.0 has intensified the demand for intelligent, sustainable, and resilient cybersecurity solutions. As cyber threats become more sophisticated, ensuring uninterrupted and eco-efficient digital operations remains a global challenge. This paper proposes a sustainable cybersecurity framework that integrates ethical hacking and reverse engineering techniques with AI-augmented green resilience strategies. The proposed approach focuses on enhancing system robustness while minimizing energy consumption, aligning cybersecurity with environmental objectives. By evaluating threat vectors through intelligent forensics and deploying adaptive countermeasures, the framework enables rapid threat detection, optimized incident response times, and post-attack recovery with minimal carbon footprint. A conceptual model is introduced to simulate various attack scenarios and assess the efficacy of AI-driven response mechanisms. Results demonstrate the potential of ethical hacking and reverse engineering to proactively identify vulnerabilities while maintaining green compliance metrics. This study offers a transformative vision for cybersecurity in Industry 6.0, advocating for a synergistic relationship between technological advancement, security assurance, and sustainability. The findings contribute to policy-making and industrial practices focused on developing resilient and environmentally responsible cyber defense systems.
Basant Kumar, Afaq Ahmed, Shashi Kant Gupta, Ramesh Chandra Poonia, Rashmi Dwivedi, Raja Waseem Anwer (Sat,) studied this question.