Electronic research

CPNI conducts a research and development (R&D) programme to provide the technical knowledge to underpin the timely delivery of authoritative electronic security advice to protect the UK's critical national infrastructure against national security threats.

The UK critical infrastructure relies upon a huge range and complex mix of different technologies and cultural factors. CPNI needs access to expertise in all these areas to understand their vulnerabilities, dependencies and how to use the technology securely in context.

The research and development programme has four strands:

• internal expertise
• technology watch and dissemination
• outreach and cooperation
• academic research

The security implications of living in an electronically integrated world raise inter-dependency issues related to SCADA and Process Control systems, and Next Generation Networks. Such technologies require security research in the areas of:

• system security engineering
• vulnerability discovery and remediation
• real-time malicious code identification
• network forensics
• inter-dependency modelling
• trust in networking communities

CPNI does not issue open calls for tenders but if you are an R&D organisation operating in our area of interest please email enquiries@cpni.gsi.gov.uk.