IoTSec:Partner Benefits

= Invitation for Collaboration = We invite national and international partners for collaborations in the IoTSec initiative. The initiative has collected leading partners from Academia and Industry
 * to increase the knowledge on security and privacy related to IoT
 * to provide security- and privacy-aware models, methods and services
 * to translate academic developments into industrial applicability
 * to contribute to innovative services from IoT- and big-data collected in a privacy-aware manner

Together we aim to create the knowledge base on security and privacy, being published on our collaboration platform IoTSec.no. We have several ways of collaboration
 * Regular phone conferences for the core team, every month
 * Topic-related workshops addressing aspects like measurable security, clustering of big data,..., about every 2nd month
 * Collaborative documents addressing achievements in the initiatives
 * Regular face-to-face meetings about every 3rd month, including a short industrial session focussing on "industrial requirements"
 * Workshops at national and international conferences

We offer industrial partners
 * a tight collaboration with the leading academic partners in Norway and abroad
 * an entry to state-of-the-art research
 * real-world access to the smart-grid infrastructures managed by eSmart Systems

We expect from industrial partners
 * a contact person willing to discuss specific topics
 * participation in 1-2 sessions per year (physical or virtual)

We offer public entities We expect to get a contact person in the organisation, whom we can call for specific topics, or whom we invite for face-to-face meetings or participation in conferences about 2-3 times a year
 * a fora for discussion of security and privacy challenges
 * an overview over upcoming services and infrastructures
 * a tight collaboration with the leading academic partners

We offer academia We expect from academic collaboration partners a contact person, contributions to workshops and conferences, opportunities for staff exchange, as well as scientific discussions on dedicated topics, e.g. adaptive security or provable semantics.
 * real-life experiences from industry and
 * the Nordic environment for collaboration
 * a nice place to exchange yourself with colleagues
 * funding for student, PhD and academic staff exchange