Uniquely for a UK research centre we have grown a significant engineering capability who work alongside commercial, innovation and policy professionals with deep domain expertise to accelerate our research to market.

CSIT’s engineering team has enabled CSIT to deliver rapid-response projects to more than 100 start-ups and SMEs across the UK.

Through the LORCA programme (2018 – 2022), CSIT, in partnership with Plexal and Deloitte, supported the accelerated growth of 72 innovative cyber companies. These companies collectively raised £200m in investment, generated over £38m in revenue and have created more than 600 jobs,  CSIT's research informed the product roadmaps of these companies  and the Centre’s engineering team providing six weeks of specialist technical consultancy and delivery to each company to help bring their product roadmaps to reality and to market.