This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is funded by the Cyber Resilience Programme (CRP) in Defence Digital, a part of Strategic Command. It seeks proposals that will help to quantify and reduce the cyber risk across Defence, enhance digital resilience and enable Defence to be secure by default.

In response to operational demands, military networks and systems are becoming more complex and interconnected, both internally and with allies, and with commercial and civilian infrastructure. The Defence Enterprise is an expansive, diverse and continually changing construct with a large integrated network of cyber technologies, many of which are legacy. In parallel, attacks are becoming more sophisticated, with potentially more impact on military operations.

The risk of cyber-attack is amongst the highest that is managed by the Defence Board and it requires a collective response to address it. Becoming cyber resilient is the first challenging milestone. Remaining resilient will require constant appraisal of our adversaries and ourselves. We are not alone in developing and exploiting technologies and will need to work together across industry, Government, Allies and Partners to maximise our collective capabilities.

The Cyber Resilience Programme seeks to address the need to build a cyber resilient Defence, in accordance with the Cyber Resilience Strategy for Defence, and comprises four themes:

• Awareness, Behaviour and Culture

• Resilient by Design

• Secure Digital Foundations

• Cyber Vulnerability Fixes

Technology that supports Defence in building cyber resilience is a crucial element of achieving the vision. An ability to constantly assess risk and continuously assure capabilities will inform Defence’s cyber resilience priorities and drive focus to the right places. Defence will also need to have the tools that enable both prevention, and rapid recovery, in the face of disruption from adversaries. Defence also recognises the need to adopt tools that enable adaptable approaches in response to persistently evolving threats.

This competition is part of a broader suite of activity undertaken by the Cyber Resilience Programme that engages industry, academia, partners and allies to build military capabilities with inherent resilience.

This online event is your chance to hear a summary of the competition requirements, and to ask your specific questions to the project team. The event will run as follows:

Overview of DASA
Overview of the Reducing Cyber Risk Across Defence Competition
Break (opportunity to submit questions)
Q&A, facilitated by Slido
Closing remarks

All information about this competition can be found in the competition document on the DASA website. Please ensure you have read the competition document before attending this webinar.

Please note

This event will be held on MS Teams, with Q&A facilitated by Slido.
Registration for this event will close on Monday 18 September 2023 at midday.
Instructions on how to join the event and how to submit questions will be sent to the email address used in registration by 6pm Monday 18 September 2023. If you haven't received anything by that time, please check your junk folder, or email accelerator@dstl.gov.uk.
The information you provide will be retained by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) to contact you in regards to this event, and any future DASA communications that may be relevant to you. Please indicate on the registration if this is something you do not wish to do.

DASA Enterprise Collaboration Service Account

The Enterprise Collaboration Service is DASA’s proposal submission service. To access DASA’s services, apply for funding and be notified of competitions relevant to you, you must have an account.

Read more about how you can register for an account on the DASA website - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-and-security-accelerator-submit-your-research-proposal

Reducing Cyber Risk Across Defence Launch Webinar