Data-protection funding

The government has announced £6m of research funding in the field of data infrastructure protection to improve technology security in the UK.

The publicly funded research into this issue will combine academic expertise with industry experience from a range of disciplines, including systems engineering, data protection and social behaviour.

In order to select suitable candidates for funding, the Technology Strategy Board has launched a competition to encourage stakeholders to bring together ideas and proposals to address these issues.

Each submission is required to demonstrate how the participants will share their knowledge to meet the targets set out in the government’s National Information Assurance Strategy.

The competition also intends to encourage small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to get involved by holding information days and a fast-track route for submissions valued at less than £150,000.