{"id":66875,"date":"2016-01-26T15:18:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T15:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ac453ae4b8c776255876e21c86e0165f"},"modified":"2016-01-26T15:18:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T15:18:24","slug":"press-release-making-cyberspace-cyber-safe-new-government-initiative-for-cyber-startups-will-drive-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=66875","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Making Cyberspace \u201cCyber Safe\u201d &#8211; New Government initiative for Cyber startups will drive innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Start ups that want to offer cyber security solutions will be able to get help, advice and support through the \u2018Early Stage Accelerator Programme\u2019 to develop their products and services, and bring them to market.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a3250,000 programme &#8211; the first of its kind for the UK cyber security sector &#8211; will be run by in partnership by <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/cylonlab.com\">Cyber London<\/a> and the Centre for Secure Information Technologies <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csit.qub.ac.uk\/\">(CSIT)<\/a> at Queen\u2019s University Belfast. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the joint UK \/ US Global Cyber Security Innovation Summit at the British Museum London, John Whittingdale, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK\u2019s strong and growing digital economy is changing the way we live and work. As technologies continue to evolve there will be an increased demand for secure products and services, and this new programme will ensure the best ideas from our brightest minds can help keep the UK safe in cyberspace. I\u2019m delighted to announce Cyber London and CSIT Belfast as partners in running this new programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new programme will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase the rate of new cyber security start-up development in the UK<\/li>\n<li>Help entrepreneurs develop, test and validate the commercial viability of their ideas and transform them into businesses<\/li>\n<li>Help identify new business ideas from the UK\u2019s leading cyber security knowledge base<\/li>\n<li>Provide a space for collaboration with the early stage start ups as they develop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Funded by the Government\u2019s National Cyber Security Programme, the Early Stage Accelerator Programme will support ideas that may currently struggle to gain investment funding because they are at an early stage and not yet fully developed. <\/p>\n<p>It is part of the Government\u2019s wider strategy to promote the UK cyber security industry, which has grown rapidly in recent years and is now worth \u00a317.6bn &#8211; up 70% since 2013 &#8211; and employs over 100,000 people. The programme will be open to applicants in March.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Wray, Commercial Director of CSIT, which will co-run the programme, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">CSIT is delighted to partner with Cyber London on this programme. CSIT and Cyber London are at the heart of the UK\u2019s cyber security start-up ecosystem and together we bring a strength of cyber capability, a track record of producing and nurturing start-ups, and an ability to leverage significant additional industry and innovation support partnerships from across the globe.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kirsten Connell of Cyber London, which will co-run the programme, added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Naturally we\u2019re very pleased that Cyber London and CSIT have been selected to deliver the Cyber Security Early Stage Accelerator Programme. We believe the UK is one of the world\u2019s best places to build cyber security businesses, and this programme will help to make it easier for innovation to develop into commercial success\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>Notes to editors<br \/>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/cylonlab.com\">Cyber London<\/a> is Europe\u2019s first cyber security accelerator and incubator space, helping to develop the cyber security companies of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen\u2019s University Belfast is the UK\u2019s national Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) for cyber security. CSIT has been honoured with The Queen\u2019s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education 2015, for its work in cyber security.<\/p>\n<p>Accelerators, incubators and other innovation support mechanisms have a track record of supporting the development of new start-ups and businesses. They provide support, space, advice, mentoring and sometimes finance, to enable startups to develop.<\/p>\n<p>The Government recently announced a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/chancellor-sets-out-vision-to-protect-britain-against-cyber-threat-in-gchq-speech\">\u00a31.9bn investment in cyber security<\/a> to make the UK one of the best protected countries in cyberspace.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new programme to support cyber security startups will help develop innovative technical solutions to keep the UK safe from cyber attacks, the Government has announced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}