Ipacso: Towards developing an innovation framework for ict innovators in the privacy and cybersecurity markets

A pressing challenge facing the cybersecurity and privacy research community is transitioning technical R&D into commercial and marketplace ready products and services. Responding to the need to develop a better understanding of how Privacy and CyberSecurity (PACS) market needs and overall technology innovation best-practice can be harmonized more effectively the contribution of this paper is centred upon the development of a set of innovation guiding principles to inform the overarching IPACSO (Innovation Framework for Privacy and CyberSecurity Opportunities) innovation framework to be developed. These guiding principles have been developed from ongoing market and economic analyses and innovation modelling research in an effort to explore the identification of PACS specific deltas with respect to innovation. The development of the innovation guiding principles represent a pivotal component in meeting IPACSO’s overall goals of supporting increased awareness of and engagement in innovation practices, in addition to supporting greater knowledge of market dynamics, barriers and solution potential for increased innovation activity in the domain. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.