Questions from the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
Cyber Security and Digital Identity (CSDI) - Cyber security of technologies and services
What are the critical emerging technologies on the 5, 10, and 15-year horizon which have the potential to change cyberspace or impact on the UK’s cyber-power and strategic advantage? What novel critical applications of existing technologies could have the potential to transform cyberspace? How should emerging technologies be prioritised for cyber security research?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Cyber Security and Digital Identity (CSDI) - Economic consideration of cyber security practices
How can government intervention best foster and encourage innovation that becomes globally foundational to securely operating digital systems? What is the cyber equivalent of the three-point belt? How do we maximise the chances that the UK cyber ecosystem begets such an invention?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Cyber Security and Digital Identity (CSDI) - Economic consideration of cyber security practices
What is the trade-off of cost compared to security that companies are seeing? Could the cost of security cause businesses to minimise or abstain from effective security protocols and codes of practice that are produced by governments, regulators and international organisations/bodies? If so, what could be done to mitigate this risk?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Cyber Security and Digital Identity (CSDI) - Economic consideration of cyber security practices
What are the costs associated with higher levels of cyber security services or regulated businesses (e.g. those under NIS regulation), in regards to products and services? Who pays for these costs? If they are passed onto the consumer then how is this incorporated into the product or service? How can price differentials be clearly identified?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Cyber Security and Digital Identity (CSDI) - Economic consideration of cyber security practices
How does cyber security impact the price or competitiveness of a product or service? Does greater cyber security increase the price of goods and services? How much of a difference does it make to the price of products and services? If they internalise these costs, how much is the cost to the manufacturer/supplier? Are more secure products and services outcompeting competitors due to being more secure or are cheaper alternatives (with less security) more competitive in the marketplace? Does greater security of UK products lead to them outcompeting other brands on the international stage? Are UK products considered premium products internationally due to greater security by design? Does security provide competitive advantage both within the UK market and internationally?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Cyber Security and Digital Identity (CSDI) - Adoption of cyber security
How might automation, machine learning/AI change the way in which cybersecurity services are currently delivered? Do these changes lead to a reduction or even an increase in demand for cyber security skills, products and services
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Cyber Security and Digital Identity (CSDI) - Adoption of cyber security
Are there different hierarchies, professional groups or user types and behaviours that aid or block cyber security implementation? How do we best understand this both quantitatively and qualitatively?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Cyber Security and Digital Identity (CSDI) - Adoption of cyber security
What evidence is there for not embedding adequate cyber security in highly commercialised or direct-to-consumer tech? What evidence is there on cybersecurity not being embedded adequately in sectors with lower regulation?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Cyber Security and Digital Identity (CSDI) - Adoption of cyber security
How could incentives for cyber security adoption and change, to reducible risk, be posed to organisations? Is there a need for different types of incentivisation for different sectors or differing sizes of organisations?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Cyber Security and Digital Identity (CSDI) - Adoption of cyber security
What are the most appropriate measures for adoption? What do different measures look like for cost effectiveness, availability of information or resource, ease of implementation, prospect of mitigated data/financial losses due to cyber breaches?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024