2Ic Limited Public Funding

Awaiting Public Project Summary

2iC is an innovative UK company that develops novel software solutions to integrate diverse systems that are usually unattended, man-worn or vehicle-borne. 2iC’s software enables flexible, secure coordination across both old and new digital systems. 2iC has previously invented and delivered an innovative approach for secure interoperability to the UK Ministry of Defence, winning a prestigious global defence innovation award in recognition of the inventiveness and utility of its work. 2iC is now seeking to expand its product portfolio outside of the defence market. Using validated operational scenarios developed in conjunction with prospective users this project aims to prove the feasibility of improving the interoperability and data integration of lowpowered devices used by the UK Police Forces, to reduce costs, increase capabilities, whilst improving public services and the welfare of its officers. It’s anticipated that, by 2019, every UK police officer will be wearing low-powered, microcontroller-based monitoring and communication devices that will need to be tightly integrated with Command systems via secure mobile data solutions. This project aims to develop a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) system, demonstrating open and flexible integration of microcontrollers (chips usually costing less than £1 - ubiquitous in small devices) with a secure Services Orientated Architecture (SOA). The outcome is intended to be open and flexible integration from very low-powered microcontrollers, through deployed platforms, up to enterprise-class systems, with none requiring intimate knowledge of any other, yet all working together. The proposed approach will not only facilitate adoption of the Home Office’s Digital Policing Vision but also has a potentially wider application across multiple markets including other emergency services, telehealth, military, energy, transport and consumer (Internet of Things) sectors.

This project will allow remote workers to securely access information and control equipment,which is owned and operated by multiple organisations, supporting secure and flexible collaboration between people distributed across multiple organisations in the supply chain, using infrastructure from multiple suppliers. Organisations need to ensure users and devices only access information and equipment in accordance with defined policies, need to ensure policies can be defined by business people that understand the commercial implications of the policies, and need to ensure timely and effective response to perceived risks and threats, with particular attention to the legal, social and ethical contracts between people and organisations. Users need to support multiple organisations and groups, using the same devices for all, but ensuring the information and controls remain separate, recognising their role in the security of those organisations. The solution combines user experience considerations with technical security controls and third-party integrations, creating a coherent, secure, flexible and easy to use solution for the whole supply chain.

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