The Centre was established through a joint laboratory agreement signed between RP and leading cybersecurity firms RSA and Ensign InfoSecurity. It will focus on research in the IoT and mobile malware, specifically on cyber threat monitoring and threat intelligence for IoT and mobile devices.

The facility is equipped with high-end industry-standard security monitoring hardware, with RSA providing the security monitoring and analytics hardware/software while Ensign InfoSecurity lends its technical expertise in creating decoy network systems, designed to trap and track hackers. With this system, Ensign InfoSecurity will provide guidance to students to analyse the attacks and learn about the cybercriminal’s motives, tactics and tools. In addition, both organisations will provide technical experts and security analysts so students will have opportunities to work alongside industry professionals and gain exposure to leading solutions and technologies.