Digital Security by Design (DSbD) have an Open Call
Get access to cutting-edge new CPU architecture and prototype Arm hardware to trial in your organisation.
DSbD are looking for tech companies of all sizes to trial and experiment with Arm’s Morello SoC and demonstrator board based on CHERI, a new instruction set architecture developed by the University of Cambridge.
Programme benefits
For six months participating companies will have access to an Arm Morello Board, with its cutting-edge CPU architecture, technical guides and support, to trial these new technologies within their systems.
Through the Digital Security by Design Technology Access Programme, UK-based companies can use these technologies to uncover security vulnerabilities in their own systems before they become a problem, and provide findings that could influence the design of future computer systems.
These technologies, which can eliminate most memory safety issues in C and C++, include CHERI, a new architecture developed by the University of Cambridge along with the Morello Board, a real-world test platform developed by Arm for the Morello prototype architecture based on the CHERI protection model.
CHERI technology can be applied to legacy C or C++ with minimal changes to an existing code base.
The Technology Access Programme will give qualifying companies access to Arm’s Morello technology free of charge as well as £15,000 in funding.
Who should apply?
This programme is for companies that:
Are based in the UK
Use C and C++ as the main programming languages for their software
Are able to evaluate C and C++ on new architectures, in the context of performance and improving security.
Have engineers and a company culture interested in exploring, experimenting and inventing with new technologies, with a view of finding commercial applications.
Want to influence the future of secure software architecture.
Have a strong focus on security and sectors that have safety critical systems e.g. aerospace, autonomous systems, healthcare, supply-chain, telecommunications, transportation, and utilities.
Closing date is Thursday 8th September 2022. Further details and how to apply are available here.
