Uncovering Innovation Practices and Requirements in Privacy and Cyber Security Organisations: Insights from IPACSO

A pressing challenge facing the cybersecurity and privacy research community is transitioning technical R&D into commercial and marketplace ready products and services. Responding to the need to develop a better understanding of how Privacy and CyberSecurity (PACS) market needs and overall technology innovation best-practice can be harmonized more effectively the contribution of this paper is centred upon uncovering PACS stakeholders’ innovation practices, requirements, and challenges and in doing so highlighting scope for innovation intervention supports. The research outputs impacts and has implications at various levels, most notably in terms of framing both innovator and firm-level innovation requirements within the PACS domain, which has relevance to academic and policy making audiences also. Additionally, given that the research outputs form a pivotal component of the IPACSO project, they will actively contribute to ongoing debates and objectives around shaping support measures for PACS innovation awareness, competency building and innovation policy support developments in the domain.