Friday 15 December 2023

The digitalisation of the energy sector is critical to reaching net zero by 2050, and supporting a smart, flexible energy system. Pivotal to the success of this digitalised system will be an increased transferral of information between a more active pool of participants, and so it is crucial that there are underpinning technologies in place that are able to provide reliability and security to those participating in the system.

UKRI’s Digital Security by Design (DSbD) challenge is an initiative supported by the UK Government to transform digital technology and create a more resilient and secure foundation for a safer future. DSbD will enable a more trustworthy digital environment, by radically updating the foundation of insecure digital computing architecture, creating an environment in which only expected access to data and operations are permitted. Built on new security capabilities, the technologies developed through this programme will underpin future digital products and services.

Watch now for an introduction to the DSbD programme, as we discussed its key technologies: CHERI and ARM Morello. As part of the webinar, we highlighted and outlined the objectives of the programme, as well as how energy companies and their supply chain customers can begin to request test hardware and what they can expect to achieve from it.

Guest chaired by

Sharon Penfold (info), Interim Director of Business Systems, University of Essex

Presented by

Jake Verma, Independent
Agata Samojlowicz, Deputy Challenge Director – Digital Security by Design, Innovate UK