Who We Are at GreenCyber

Our mission is to focus on supporting organisations minimising the ecological footprint and carbon cost of digital infrastructure including Artificial Intelligence and the emerging Quantum capabilities while maintaining robust cyber security measures.

The two greatest global risks that governments today identify are uncontrolled and accelerating climate change and uncontrolled technological advancement.

GreenCyber® refers to the research, innovation and solutions needed to mitigate the effects of both these risks.

The push for greener technologies should not need to compromise security; whilst Secure by Design is now a recognised practice, we seek to extend this now to Green by Design.

The rapid emergence of new technologies notability Artificial Intelligence and Quantum computing have accelerated the conversation around security and sustainability to an extend that they were a core topic of discussion by world leaders at the Global AI Safety Summit hosted by the UK Prime Minister in 2023 at Bletchley Park.

In 2024 The McPartland Review commissioned by the UK Government to produce a report on cyber security and economic sustainability, highlighted and recommended that "Green Cyber" was an area where the United Kingdom could provide a global lead in thought leadership and practical solutions.

GreenCyber® was originally a research project by Professor Richard Benham to study how cyber security and sustainability issues could align and was registered as a trademark in 2021.

A not-for-profit company, GreenCyber® Research Limited has been established in 2024 to provide organisations with a simple and cost-effective means of adopting standards as well as undertaking research and sharing ideas through The GreenCyber® Summit.