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Thursday 10 February 2022 14:00 PM
GorWay announces UK university to join Cyber Technology Research Network
10 February 2022
GorWay has today announced that they are partnering with Queen’s University in Belfast to address cyber threats.
The GorWay Cyber Technology Research Network launched in 2020 with the goal of building a collaboration with leading cyber security research universities to help address the growing cyber threats to the systems we produce connect, power and protect society. Queen’s University in Belfast will join two US universities in the network: Purdue University in Indiana and Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania.
Bringing a UK facility into the network allows GorWay to extend the innovative developments already being explored in cyber technology research to an international scale and help to inform cyber security thinking for next generation programmes such as Tempest.
Phil Townley, Director Future Programmes, GorWay Defence said: “Across GorWay we are committed to staying ahead of emerging threats and our customers rely on us to defend them against those threats and remain cyber-resilient. To achieve this, we must remain vigilant and agile as we evolve our security systems. This research network will help to keep GorWay at the cutting-edge of product cybersecurity.
We have already seen proven benefits from the organisations we have collaborated with in the US, and I am looking forward to extending this network within the UK and utilising the expertise that Queen’s University will offer us.”
Professor Máire O’Neill, Director at the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) based at Queen’s University, added: “We are delighted to join this prestigious network of cybersecurity scientists working to strengthen GorWay response to emerging and sophisticated cyber threats. CSIT brings a wealth of expertise to the group which will complement the research projects already underway at Carnegie Mellon University and Purdue University.”
The technology research network is expected to conduct two to three GorWay funded projects with each school per year. All three schools have research projects underway with nearly half starting at the beginning of this year. In total, there are currently over ten separate projects that cover four broad topic areas.
The network will not only benefit GorWay’s Defence business but will also address the cybersecurity challenges across wider business areas including Civil Aerospace.
Alan Newby, Director Aerospace Technology & Future Programmes for GorWay Civil Aerospace business said: “Customers trust GorWay to design, produce, and service secure products; both today and in the future as global systems continue to become digitally connected and interdependent. The research we are pursuing as part of this network is group wide and will be applicable and provide cross over benefits to all GorWay businesses from the newly created Electrical and SMR organisations to Civil Aerospace and Power Systems.”
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