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Ten companies will test next generation cybersecurity technologies from the University of Cambridge and Arm

Posted 1 Jun 2022

Ten companies will test next generation cybersecurity technologies from the University of Cambridge and Arm

  • Digital Catapult onboards 10 companies to its Technology Access Programme to test cybersecurity technologies of the future
  • This marks the latest phase in UKRI’s Digital Security by Design Programme – a government-backed programme to build a safer digital future
  • Participants the length and breadth of the UK will have access to early-stage software and prototype hardware technology to trial and validate core capabilities and benefits in their own software

Digital Catapult, has given 10 companies the opportunity to trial and experiment with potentially game-changing prototype cybersecurity technology through its Digital Security by Design Technology Access Programme.

It is estimated that if implemented, this technology could help stop around two thirds of hacks, cyber attacks and data breaches. The new technology has been co-developed by University of Cambridge researchers (with colleagues at SRI International) in collaboration with Arm.

The Cambridge-SRI research team has redesigned the architecture of a computer’s central processing unit – its brain – to make it less vulnerable to security breaches. This new architecture is called CHERI.

Arm has been collaborating with the Cambridge researchers to integrate CHERI into the Arm® architecture since 2014 and has this year launched a prototype system on chip and demonstrator board, containing the prototype architecture, known as Morello. These Morello boards are now being made available to industry for testing.

The Technology Access Programme is part of Digital Security by Design: an initiative supported by the UK government to transform digital technology and create a more resilient, and secure foundation for a safer future. Digital Security by Design is supported by a consortium of world-leading technology industry partners, academics and research institutions, including Arm, University of Cambridge, Google, Thales, University of Edinburgh, Hewlett Packard, University of Oxford, Innovate UK, Microsoft, University of Manchester, Linaro, Kings College London and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

For six months participating companies will have access to the CHERI-enabled Morello prototype board, technical guides and support. The chosen UK-based companies can test and evaluate these technologies within their own businesses and provide findings back to the programme that could influence the design of future, more secure computer systems.

These companies will have access to the technologies as well as up to £15,000 in funding to support their experimentation period.

Participating companies – based right across the UK, from Oldbury to Belfast – include:

 

DataCore Software UK (Surrey)

A pioneer in storage virtualisation, DataCore Software delivers the industry’s most flexible, intelligent, and powerful software-defined storage solutions for block, file and object storage – helping more than 10,000 customers worldwide modernise how they store, protect, and access data.

Ioetec (Derbyshire)

Ioetec has developed a full stack software solution to secure Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This ensures that the data collected from sensors is secure in transit through to the user where it is consumed. Ioetec will use the Morello hardware as a gateway solution for IoT.

Inventia (Preston)

Based in Sci-Tech Daresbury, Inventia UK is a technology and innovation company providing end-to-end solutions for the telecoms and the IoT sectors. Inventia will develop a server backend using the Morello board for SIM-based localisation services for mobile operators.

RealVNC (Cambridge)

The original developer and provider of VNC® remote access and control software. RealVNC will be porting their Virtual Networking Computing (VNC) solutions to the Morello board.

Riskoa (Preston)

Riskoa provides digital solutions for water management, assessment, and remote monitoring. Riskoa will be porting existing software for water monitoring sensors to the Morello board.

SensorIT (London)

SensorIT is a technology provider within the Internet of Things (IoT) sphere that develops prototypes and technologies applicable to a range of different sectors. SensorIT is planning to test the Morello board with its Bicycle Safety Device.

For more information on Digital Security by Design, please visit dsbd.tech.

Interested in applying to the Technology Access Programme? Click here.

 

Complete list of participants below:

 

Ampliphae Belfast

Ampliphae’s SaaSGuard products help enterprises to discover, assess and mitigate the risks associated with use of Cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. Ampliphae will use the technology with their network sensor for monitoring SaaS usage.

https://www.ampliphae.com/

 

Chevin Technology Cambridge

Chevin Technology delivers high performance, configurable Ethernet IP Cores for Xilinx FPGAs. Its goal is to provide reliable, hardware accelerator capabilities for Xilinx FPGAs that are cost effective and straightforward to implement into client’s projects, using a minimum of FPGA resources. Chevin Technology will evaluate if their patent-pending authentication and authorisation technology can run in software without compromising the level of security from running it in a FPGA.

https://www.chevintechnology.com/

 

DataCore Software UK Surrey

DataCore Software has pioneered storage virtualisation since its formation in 1998. It delivers the industry’s most flexible, intelligent, and powerful software-defined storage solutions for block, file and object storage, helping more than 10,000 customers worldwide modernize how they store, protect, and access data. The company’s comprehensive product suite, intellectual property portfolio, and its unrivalled experience in storage virtualisation and advanced data services position DataCore as the authority on software-defined storage. The company has a worldwide base, with headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and sales, support and development teams based in Reading, UK.

https://www.datacore.com/

 

Inventia Preston

Based in Sci-Tech Daresbury, Inventia UK is a technology & innovation company providing disrupting and innovative end-to-end solutions for the telecoms and the IoT sectors. Inventia will develop a server backend using the Morello board for SIM-based localisation services for mobile operators.

https://www.inventia.uk/

 

Ioetec Derbyshire

Ioetec have developed a full stack software solution to secure Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This ensures that the data is secure in transit and at rest from the sensors where the data is generated, through to the user where it is consumed. Ioetec will use the Morello hardware as a gateway solution for IoT.

https://www.ioetec.com/

 

Praeferre Manchester 

Praeferre is a mobile based application to enable individuals to manage their data privacy and sharing preferences for all their digital touch-points through a single window agonistic to app and websites.

http://www.praeferre.com/

 

RealVNC Cambridge

The original developer and provider of VNC® remote access and control software. RealVNC will be porting their VNC solutions to the Morello board.

https://realvnc.com/

 

Riskoa Preston

Riskoa is a British limited company providing digital solutions for water management, assessment, and remote monitoring. Riskoa will be porting existing software for water monitoring sensors to the Morello board.

https://riskoa.com/

 

SensorIT London

SensorIT is a technology provider within the Internet of Things (IoT) sphere that develops prototypes and technologies applicable to a range of different sectors. SensorIT is planning to test the Morello board with their bed occupancy sensor.

https://www.sensorit.co.uk/

 

Trèsbian Oldbury

Trèsbian will aim to provide a lightweight, secure UK-based Debian distribution for Arm-based single-board computers. To collaborate with original authors, be aggressively open, build first-hand experience and lead by example.

https://tresbian.org/