The second LORCA cohort is focused on user-centric security and securing supply chains: the issues identified by a panel of cyber leaders as most important to industry. The businesses will develop solutions that make it easier for employees to keep cyber-aware and safe, and technologies that enable better management of the cybersecurity risk in increasingly complex supply chains.
The cohort includes Xanadata, which allows customers to rapidly hunt for millions of cyber threats on any network both for live traffic, in real time and faster than real time to enable rapid historic assessment, processing several months of activity in a matter of minutes.
Further cohort members include Crypto Quantique, which has developed a quantum driven secure chip and have created a security platform that makes end-to-end security seamless and easy-to-implement for connected devices.
Members of the second cohort include:
- CyNation
- RazorSecure
- Bob’s Business
- Crypto Quantique
- OutThink
- Distributed Management Systems
- ObjectTech
- Xanadata
- CyberSmart
Chosen for their growth potential, including commercial application, the 11 scaleups will receive a year of support at the Government-backed programme which is delivered by innovation centre Plexal, based at tech campus Here East. The cohort will have access to experts, including one-to-one commercial and technical support from Deloitte’s Cyber Risk Service team and world-class academic and engineering support from the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen’s University Belfast.
LORCA, which opened in June 2018 with £13.5 million of funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), will support the 11 companies to scale their organisations at pace, access and grow into new markets, secure further investment and recruit and retain the best talent.
Lydia Ragoonanan, director, LORCA, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome these high-potential UK companies that have genuinely promising solutions to the biggest industry challenges in cybersecurity. The engagement from industry in the development and selection process ensures that the cohort has clear markets to scale into and is addressing the cyber challenges that will make the most difference to industry. Following on from the success of first cohort, we look forward to seeing these 11 companies grow and thrive.”
