Secure Innovation Security Reviews Scheme
Secure Innovation Security Reviews offer innovative early-stage UK technology businesses expert, tailored guidance to help protect their ideas, technologies, competitive edge and reputations.
Delivered by approved security reviewers, the service helps businesses identify and manage key security risks, including those linked to state threats and helps them integrate protective security into their broader business strategies.
A Security Review provides a high-level assessment of an organisation’s security posture, covering:
- Protective Security Governance
- Security Culture
- Risk Management
- Cyber Security
- Secure Supply Chains and Partnerships
- Incident Management
A key component of the Secure Innovation campaign, the Security Review scheme is funded through a joint initiative between the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), National Protective Security Authority (NPSA), and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The scheme bears the majority cost of each Review through a £2,500 grant, with a supplement of £500 from each business. Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, administers the scheme across the UK.
Applications for the current scheme will be open until January 31st 2027, with over 300 grants available. These will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis to organisations who pass the eligibility criteria and assessment. The scheme is planned to extend through to 2029, enabling support for up to 1,000 organisations in total, with applications opening again in the next FY.