- DASA has launched a new Themed Competition: Reducing Cyber
Risk Across Defence
- Funding provided by the Cyber Resilience Programme (CRP) in
Defence Digital, a part of Strategic Command
- Up to £880k is available (excluding VAT)
- This competition is looking to fund up to 5 proposals
- Additional funding for further phases to increase TRL may be
available
The Defence and Security
Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch a new Themed
Competition Reducing Cyber Risk Across
Defence. Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated, with
potentially more impact on military operations. This Themed
Competition seeks proposals that will help to quantify and reduce
the cyber risk across Defence, enhance digital resilience and
enable Defence to be secure by default.
The risk of cyber attack is amongst the highest that is managed
by the Defence Board and it requires a collective response to
address it. Becoming cyber resilient is the first challenging
milestone. Remaining resilient will require constant appraisal of
our adversaries and ourselves. We are not alone in developing and
exploiting technologies and will need to work together across
industry, Government, Allies and Partners to maximise our
collective capabilities.
The Cyber Resilience Programme seeks to address the need to build
a cyber resilient Defence, in accordance with the Cyber
Resilience Strategy for Defence, and comprises four themes:
- Awareness, Behaviour and Culture
- Resilient by Design
- Secure Digital Foundations
- Cyber Vulnerability Fixes
This competition is part of a broader suite of activity
undertaken by the Cyber Resilience Programme that engages
industry, academia, partners and allies, to build military
capabilities with inherent resilience.
This competition seeks:
- novel tools that strengthen digital resilience across defence
- novel approaches that enable security by default
- novel ways to quantify Operational Technology risk
This competition is interested in support innovation projects
that will deliver outputs at Technology Readiness Level
(TRL) 6 – technology model or prototype demonstration in
a relevant environment.
The challenges:
Challenge 1: Digital Resilience
This competition is seeking innovative ways to strengthen digital
resilience across Defence.
Challenge 2: Secure by Default
This competition is seeking to develop capability to enable
Secure by Default approaches to be implemented in the future, for
Defence and its industry partners. We are looking for research
activities that will investigate tools and approaches which
support the implementation of a Secure by Default approach.
Challenge 3: Quantifying Operational Technology Risk
This competition is seeking innovative ways to quantify OT cyber
risk across Defence. Proposals need to be able to work in an
operational environment or in some way take operational scenarios
into account.
Key Dates and Funding
- Up to £880k is available for this competition, and DASA
expects to fund up to 5 proposals.
- Submission deadline: midday on Tuesday 31 October 2023
Do you have a novel approach that could help reduce cyber risk
across Defence? Read the full competition
document and submit a proposal.
Supporting eventsWebinar
19 September 11:00 -12:00pm
This dial-in session will provide further detail on the problem
space and a chance to ask questions in an open forum. If you
would like to participate, please register on the Eventbrite
page.
1 – 2 – 1 Sessions
A series of 20 minute 1-2-1 teleconference sessions, giving you
the opportunity to ask specific questions. If you would like to
participate, please register on the links below. Booking is on a
first come first served basis.
20
September 1-2-1 Sessions | 21
September 1-2-1 Sessions
Submit a proposal
Do you have an innovation that may help reduce cyber risk and
increase cyber resilience across Defence? Read the
full competition
document to learn more and submit a proposal.
