TECH INSPIRE LTD

Their core work

Tech Inspire is a London-based cybersecurity SME that develops and integrates security solutions across multiple critical sectors — from healthcare IT systems to energy grid infrastructure and border control. Their consistent role across projects is building vulnerability assessment tools, anomaly detection systems, and encryption-based protections that safeguard sensitive digital environments. They bring applied cybersecurity engineering to large EU consortia, translating security research into deployable tools for industries facing growing cyber threats.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Tech Inspire's early H2020 work (2015-2017) centered on identity and access security — biometric authentication (SpeechXRays), border surveillance (SMILE), and general SME cybersecurity (FORTIKA). From 2019 onward, they shifted toward sector-specific cybersecurity for healthcare and energy, deploying advanced techniques like homomorphic encryption, honeypots, and AI-driven anomaly detection. This evolution shows a move from broad security tools to deep, domain-specialized cyber protection for regulated industries.

Tech Inspire is converging on cybersecurity for regulated critical infrastructure (health, energy), making them a strong fit for future projects addressing NIS2 compliance and sector-specific cyber resilience.

How they like to work

Tech Inspire operates exclusively as a consortium partner — across all six projects they joined as a participant, never coordinating. With 95 unique partners across 23 countries from just 6 projects, they work in large, diverse consortia (averaging ~16 partners per project). This pattern suggests they are a reliable specialist contributor who integrates well into large teams and brings focused cybersecurity capability without needing to drive overall project management.

Impressively broad network for an SME: 95 unique consortium partners across 23 countries built through just 6 projects. Their reach spans most of the EU, reflecting the pan-European scope of security and energy infrastructure challenges.

What sets them apart

Tech Inspire stands out as a cybersecurity SME that can apply security expertise across very different sectors — healthcare, energy, border control, biometrics — rather than being locked into one vertical. This cross-domain security perspective is valuable for consortia building projects at the intersection of cybersecurity and sector-specific challenges. For coordinators assembling a team, they offer proven integration experience in large EU consortia with a consistent track record of delivering security components.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SPHINX
  Combines cybersecurity with healthcare — AI-driven vulnerability assessment, homomorphic encryption, and blockchain for medical device certification, addressing a critical gap in health IT security
• EnergyShield
  Directly addresses energy grid cyber protection with SIEM, anomaly detection, and DDoS mitigation — highly relevant given increasing attacks on European energy infrastructure
• SpeechXRays
  Their earliest and highest-funded project (EUR 376,905), combining acoustic analysis and machine vision for multi-channel biometric authentication