Figure 8.1 Education. Illustration: M. Sylstad, NSM. Image taken from Colourbox. 8.4 Research Norway is dependent on building outstanding and permanent research within cyber security. There are several good research environments for cyber security in Norway, such as the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, NTNU Center for Cyber and Information Security (CCIS) in Gjøvik, Simula Research Laboratory and the universities of Oslo and Bergen. The Research Council’s programme IKTPLUSS and EU’s programme Horizon 2020 fund most of the cyber security research in Norway today. The Government encourages industry and commerce and the public sector to be more involved in research, both as clients and as partners. Schemes such as Industrial PhD and Public Sector PhD have been established, but have the potential to be used more. In the Ministry of Justice and Public Security’s Research strategy for public security (2015-2019), secure digitization of society is a priority research topic. The strategy describes the partnership with research institutions as an important instrument. Increased contact between research, education, authorities and end users increases the possibility for mutual dialogue that can provide more relevant and useful research projects.