The cycle of innovative security research

Innovations in security research are essential for the development of complex and foresighted security solutions for diverse threat situations. However, research findings show gaps between the development of security-relevant innovations and their implementation.
A key approach is therefore to involve end users in security research in order to enable close collaboration between expertise, technology and research. Insufficient consideration of the actual needs and perspectives of end users can lead to a discrepancy between solution development and problem identification. These possible shortcomings can hinder the acceptance of innovations in practice instead of recognising them as helpful instruments for making everyday work easier.
The EU-funded project Engage2innovate (E2i) postulates that a stronger orientation towards end users is crucial in the entire research and development process of social innovations - from needs assessment through the process to implementation and evaluation - and aims to develop practice-oriented solutions to close this gap. The presentation will outline implications for better implementation of innovative security solutions based on the current project findings.