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Cyber Works offers a range of impactful and innovative opportunities for knowledge exchange between businesses and the Cyber Security Research Centre.

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What is Cyber Works?

Cyber Works enables effective, impactful and innovative opportunities for knowledge exchange between businesses and the Cyber Security Research Centre (CSRC), based within the School of Computing and Communication, here at Lancaster University.

Cyber Works helps to link business to our rich vibrant community of multidisciplinary researchers and we provide a range of options and avenues of support. Through exchanging knowledge, building key partnerships and using research, we help companies to defend, innovate and grow.

The CSRC holds national and international acclaim, and we are recognised by the government's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as an Accredited Centre for Excellence. We have a team passionate about driving the development of solutions to meet the challenges that companies need to embrace and exploit the potential of digital technologies, safely and securely.

Aims

  • To support companies to defend, innovate and grow through embracing and adopting secure digitalisation, helping them to employ core principles of Cyber Security as a growth enabler, not just as a security function.
  • To provide responsive, outstanding engagement and support to engage with, contribute to and operationalise world-class research

Access to success

Our engagement team will work with you to find solutions, link you to academic research and the right person/team and provide outstanding end-to-end support and guidance.

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  • Knowledge Exchange Partnerships

    Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is a UK-wide programme which has been helping businesses for over 40 years to improve their competitiveness and productivity by connecting them to the UK’s rich academic resources.

  • Internships and Student Projects

    The benefits to completing an internship or placement year are endless. They provide invaluable insights into roles and industries, help you to gain transferable skills and make job applications stand out to employers.

  • Articles & Resources

    A series of articles and other related resources along the theme of cyber security and cyber innovation. Written in mind for a general non-technical audience.

  • Cyber Awareness

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  • Past Projects

    Explore our showcased collection of past initiatives and projects aimed at enhancing cyber security across the North West.

North West Cyber Security Cluster

Lancaster University is a member of the North West Cyber Security Cluster.The North West Cyber Security Cluster is a collaboration of cyber security professionals and experts within their field.

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Member of the North West Cyber Security Cluster - Security in Collaboration.

North West Cyber Corridor - Impact Study 2023

The North West has approximately 300 unique cyber security companies, making it one of the UK’s leading regions in cyber. There is strong complementarity between the region’s cyber capabilities and other sectors, including aerospace and defence, energy and nuclear, finance, and professional services, and manufacturing. This research report provides an evidence base and a call to action to support growth in the North West, through building on its existing strategic advantages and maximising opportunities in cyber security and digital.

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