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Cyber Foundry

The Cyber Foundry offers a range of impactful and innovative opportunities for knowledge exchange between businesses, and security and protection sciences at Lancaster University.

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About the Cyber Foundry

Traditionally, cyber security has been an afterthought – a reactive measure after an attack or breach has taken place.

However, our mission is to empower businesses to embrace digital and cyber innovation, driving tangible improvements in products, processes, services through innovative business strategies.

We help them to embed these cyber security strategies, enabling them to differentiate and diversify in their market sectors, leading to significant growth.

Through workshops, technical developments, student internships, and masterclasses, the Cyber Foundry equips SME business leaders with the tools to navigate cyber security's evolving landscape.

From exploring new tech innovations such as Generative AI, understanding the risks and opportunities within supply chains, to implementing cyber resilience and sustainability; businesses can strengthen their defences and secure their operations against potential threats and grow their business with confidence.

This project is fully funded by the UK Government.

Cyber Foundry opportunities are designed and delivered by Lancaster University.

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  • Cyber Resilience Workshop

    Designed to help Lancashire and Cumbrian SME businesses to develop cyber resilience and implement strategies to help their businesses defend, innovate and grow.

  • Digital Innovation Support

    Our technical team works with Lancashire and Cumbrian SMEs to develop a prototype of a technical idea or innovation and advise on future decisions and projects as well as providing essential cyber security advice.

  • Cyber Works

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

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Dr Rebecca Robinson, Business Support Manager and Programme Lead, Lancaster University

"We take cutting-edge research, expertise and technical developments and bridge the gap between academic research and local businesses. Our aim is to empower business leaders to seamlessly integrate secure and innovative strategies, that deliver impactful growth.

“We also provide holistic support for students, offering them invaluable experience within the business world and facilitate work experience opportunities within regional companies. This ensures they graduate with a skillset tailored for the demands of the tech sector.

“At the Cyber Foundry, we nurture talent, drive innovation, and aim to boost the cyber ecosystem in Lancashire and Cumbria, for a more secure future."

Secure Digitalisation - Cyber Works

We encourage a secure by design philosophy, helping companies to explore how to embed cyber security practices into their organisations to help them defend, innovate and grow their business, to create a more impactful future.

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Costs & Eligibility

This programme is fully funded by the UK Government and available to businesses which are eligible under following criteria:

  • Based in Lancashire or Cumbria
  • Employ fewer than 250 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
  • Annual turnover of less than €50 million (or the equivalent in GBP)

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