Lead
Aston University

Research leads
Professor Vladlena Benson - Professor of Cybersecurity Management - Aston University

Professor Steven Furnell - Professor of Cyber Security, School of Computer Science - University of Nottingham

Focus
Carry out research on the regulatory landscape within the UK digital sector, which is focused on the design and use of hardware security as part of digital products and services.

Goals:

• Outline the regulatory frameworks for the development and adoption of hardware security in the UK and discuss related regulatory challenges and opportunities (around equality, expectations, investments) as well as barriers and enablers of their adoption in both the inter-organisational (e.g. supply-chain) and intra-organisational contexts.

• Review academic research on regulatory frameworks related to hardware security within the UK and internationally.

• Examine whether there are different regulatory frameworks and approaches in different organisations taking account of different sectors (e.g. public vs private), size (e.g. large vs SME) and extent of digitalisation (e.g. born digital vs pre-digital).

• Conduct three key stakeholders workshops exploring how the Digital Security by Design might impact digital security’s regulatory landscape.

Theme of Core Research:
Regulation & Policy

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