Briefing - Research Security
10 September 2024
Our universities recognise the strength of their R&D in strategically important fields makes the UK a聽target for hostile international actors seeking to access and misappropriate university research for聽their own gain.
Threats range from cyber-attacks aimed at stealing valuable IP to organisations obscuring聽links with overseas militaries when proposing joint research collaborations.聽Research security aims to聽protect university R&D, worth 拢37.6bn each year to the UK economy from 香港宝典免费资料大全 universities alone,聽from these threats.
Effective measures also enable continued, secure international research collaboration,聽helping safeguard the benefits these partnerships bring to UK R&D and economic growth.
Research security is a shared national responsibility, and our universities work closely with government聽departments and the security services to identify and tackle hostile activity.
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