NCSC has approved funding for RISE Phase 2 from 2023-2026, which is hosted under Professor Máire O’Neill at the Centre for Secure information Technology (CSIT), Queen’s University Belfast. 3 new RISE research projects have been funded by EPSRC, bolstering hardware & embedded systems security research. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – has approved funding for RISE Phase 2 from 2023-2026, which is hosted under Professor Máire O’Neill at the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), Queen’s University Belfast. Three new RISE research projects have also bee ..read more

Join us on Tuesday, 22nd June 12.00 noon – 14.30 BST (13.00 – 15.30 CEST), to debate whether the idea of “Engineering Significant Difference” holds the key to enhanced cybersecurity. In partnership with The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen’s University, Belfast and the UK Research Institute in Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems (RISE). Contributors: Peter Davies, ThalesProf Kerstin Eder, University of BristolDr Chongyan Gu, Queen’s University, BelfastProf Weiqiang Liu, Nanjing UniversityProf Máire O’Neill, ECIT, Queen’s University, BelfastDr Dani ..read more

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RISE Announces Call for Research Proposals The Research Institute in Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems (RISE: www.ukrise.org) is seeking to expand its research community and is inviting 3-year research proposals with funding initially of up to £300,000 each for approximately 3-5 academic research projects, funded by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), to form part of the institute. For full details  please click here The post Call for Research Proposals is open! appeared first on RISE UK Research Institute in Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems ..read more

The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen’s University Belfast is seeking motivated PhD students to work on the following research topics: Secure IoT devices using Digital Fingerprint Investigating Security Vulnerabilities of Approximate Computing Practical and Post-quantum IoT security Practical Privacy-preserving homomorphic analytics Post Quantum Anonymous Credential Functional Encryption and its Application For further information and how to apply, please visit the QUB website for PhD study The post PhD Studentship Opportunities at Queen’s University Belfast appeared f ..read more

Presenting the work of AESIN and the UK Automotive Council and Zenzic, supported by Queens University Belfast, University of South Wales, University of Edinburgh and the Turing Institute and with further support from BSI, this series of workshops is designed to: Present and discuss the limitations with existing standards in meeting the requirements of the Automotive and other mobility industries worldwide Present the methodology proposed by AESIN, UK Automotive Council and Zenzic to achieve operationalizable and legally sustainable cyber resilience In the context of that methodology set out th ..read more

The UK Research Institute in Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems (RISE) will be holding the 2nd RISE Annual Conference on 21 November 2019 at the National Liberal Club in London. For further information, and to register, please visit: https://www.ukrise.org/rise-2019-annual-conference/ The post RISE 2019 Annual Conference – 21 Nov 2019 appeared first on RISE UK Research Institute in Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems ..read more

We are delighted to welcome another new guest blogger to contribute to the RISE blog for August 2019. Shichao Yu is a PhD student at Queen’s University Belfast, working in the world class research centre – The Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT). Thank you Shichao! Welcome to Miami – Summer is coming! Hi, I am Shichao, I am typing this blog shortly after the closing remarks of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI in Miami, which is excellent and provided me an amazing conference experience. This was my first time in Miami, and this is the first conference … The post IEEE ..read more

Our July blog post has been written by one of our Industrial Stakeholders Advisory Board (ISAB) members. A special thanks from RISE to Ilhan Gurel from Ericsson for contributing this best practice advice. Ilhan is HW and SW security expert at Ericsson. “Security baked in at every layer, not later” Securing entire end to end IoT chain covers securing IoT devices, backends and everything in between as well as life cycle starting from manufacturing and deployment to disposal. Every component in this chain may have different attack surfaces, different adversaries and may be managed by different en ..read more

Nice to be in Nice That is an obvious and cheap play on words for the popular South of France destination and a joke I made back in 2016 during the European Championships, but one worth re-cycling for a new audience… RISE was invited to speak at ETSI Security week, (last week) and we gave an update on hardware security, including the latest R&D from the RISE researchers. I have to honest with you readers, I can think of worse places to be sent away on business in late June than Nice. If there is any consolation for the readers, … The post RISE @ ETSI Security Week 2019 appeared first on RI ..read more