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A company based in Northern Ireland which provides complex cyber security solutions for autonomous and remote vehicles and aircraft has launched a collaborative research programme with Queen’s University’s Centre for Secure Information Technologies.
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Delivery partners from the Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR) held their first joint event in December, having commenced their work to bring together industry, academia and HMG experts to seize the benefits and opportunities of AI.
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The first cohort of students funded by the NICYBER2025 programme graduated in December 2024, marking a significant milestone in advancing diversity and innovation within the cyber security industry.
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Queen’s University Belfast has secured funding from The Department for the Economy (DfE) as part of the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme to strengthen malware detection on Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
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Governments and industry can be more confident in the security of future telecommunications networks with the launch of a major new centre this week.
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Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, The Rt Hon Hilary Benn, this morning opened CSIT’s Cyber Security Summit highlighting its importance on the global cyber security stage.
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Queen's announces recognition as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education (ACE-CSE) with a prestigious ‘Gold Award’ by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
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Today, at the RISE Annual Summer School held at the University of Birmingham, a significant report titled “Security in the Era of Global Semiconductor Initiatives” was launched.
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The Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT) based at Queen’s University Belfast has launched an AI Security Research Partnership with Rapid7.
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Queen’s is one of two academic leads on a highly prestigious, £8 million, UK initiative to train an expert workforce to deliver secure networks in the AI era.
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The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) is delighted to welcome Minister Baker and Viscount Camrose as part of their visit to Belfast for CyberNI Week celebrations.
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Professor Máire O’Neill has been awarded a Gold Medal in Engineering Sciences from the Royal Irish Academy (RIA).
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CSIT's Mark Megarry wins Best Student Paper at INISCOM 2024 for his work on O-RAN security, highlighting CSIT & Queen's University's cutting-edge cybersecurity research.
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Queen’s and Purdue University have signed an MoU, initiating a strategic collaboration focused on research and academic exchange. This partnership aims to enhance learning and technological advancements in various key sectors.
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A new report into the future of the Metaverse in the UK was launched today by Queen’s University Belfast.
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Professor Máire O’Neill has been awarded a Gold Medal in Engineering Sciences from the Royal Irish Academy (RIA).
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2023 Northern Ireland Cybersecurity Snapshot report released by CSIT, presents the region as a global cyber security hotspot, boasting 2700 roles contributing £230m GVA. Ambitions aim to achieve UK Govt’s target of 5000 cyber security jobs by 2030.
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Queen’s, in collaboration with University of Lincoln, University of Aberdeen and University of Strathclyde, has secured £10.6M in funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to establish SUSTAIN, a transformative Centre for Doctoral Training.
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NCSC has approved funding for RISE Phase 2 from 2023-2026, which is hosted under Professor Máire O’Neill at CSIT within EEECS. 3 new RISE research projects have also been funded by EPSRC, bolstering hardware & embedded systems security research.