86741Soteria - Increased security for home-working as a result of Covid-19ClosedCollaborative R&DInnovate UKSoteria is a 'software-as-a-service' platform that provides continuous optimum cyber-security assurance for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMBs) who: * Have been forced to adopt home working as a result of Covid-19\. * Unlike larger enterprises, have limited in-house IT capabilities or experience to mange the new IT environment and operating processes. * Have been left insecure as a result, particularly across the three areas: 1. Infrastructure security and threat protection 2. Data Loss Protection 3. Governance and regulatory compliance Soteria is currently a working prototype: * Able to manage a useful but limited set vulnerabilities. * Only able to support our own direct customers, as it relies up our internal support systems to work.This project is specifically aimed to address these points by: * Extending the range of functions to include a wider set of security sources and hardware devices that are typically used by SMBs. * Decoupling the solution from our internal support systems and thus allow it to be used by all UK SMBs, whether or not they are direct customers of ours. * Adding features that allow an outsourced IT service provider to manage all their customers from one control panel, thus extending the benefits efficiently to those SMBs who rely on third-party IT support. The innovation addresses a clear need for security that has been increased with the Covid-19 pandemic.