Founded in 2017 by Craig Beddis (CEO), Aidon Hobson-Sayer (CTO) & Miriam Keshani (COO), UK-based Hadean, a metaverse infrastructure startup, has been awarded (with support from Connected Places Catapult) a sizeable grant from UK Research & Innovation. The funding foresees Hedean’s tech being used to generate 3D digital twins, providing road mgmt companies real-time highway data & the capacity to model/ simulate it. Emulating whole corridors of automotive traffic, the platform can be used to plan the right infrastructure upgrades. For e.g. Hadean could benefit engineers working on “e-highways”, one of the most radical upgrades of UK highways in decades, to explore installing overhead eletric power cables on certain routes (which similarly to trolleybus or...

Germany-based, Secfix helps SMEs get certified in the security standard that they need to meet – in particular ISO 27001, but also TISAX, GDPR & SOC 2. What is ISO 27001? the most popular IT ‘seal of approval’ in Europe (& beyond). Whilst mostly voluntary, it is mandatory in some industries & countries e.g. in Germany, critical industries (KRITIS) must (according to §8a BSIG) implement ISO 27001 (or IT Grundshutz by BSI) ISO 27001 vs. SOC2? ISO 27001 focuses on establishing & maintaining an effective IT security mgmt system, while SOC2 merely evaluates the effectiveness of controls related to specific problem areas (e.g. security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality & privacy) TISAX? developed by the ENX Association, it is...