The overall objective of CRANE is to strengthen the UK’s cyber security research community. In more detail, the objectives are:
Objective 1: Help to deliver the UK National Cyber Strategy (Pillar 1:UK Cyber Ecosystem; Pillar 3: Technology Advantage).
Objective 2: Support, develop, and nurture research in cyber security within and across academic disciplines, throughout the UK, with transformative challenge from wider stakeholder groups.
Objective 3: Identify and articulate the need and opportunity for significant/game-changing new developments in cyber security research.
Objective 4: Promote the development of a learned society in cyber security to enable a long-term sustainable community of research.
In making plans to achieve those objectives, we have several priorities:
- Priority 1: Developing Researcher Careers, (ECRs, EiCRs, PhDs); Equality; Diversity; Inclusion
- Priority 2: Integrating the Academic Community
- Priority 3: Facilitating Partnerships with Business, Government, and other sectors
- Priority 4: Promoting and Developing Regional Strengths
- Priority 5: International knowledge exchange