The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) was established in 2003 to commercialise world-class research and expertise in a variety of enabling digital communications technologies at the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen’s University Belfast.ECIT has many activities in research, development and innovation across the electronics, communications and information technology arena, however, our focus on market need and coordinated opportunity have led to the development of Centres of Excellence within the ECIT Infrastructure. The centres of excellence cover areas such as Space, especially advanced antenna and mm/sub-mm wave front end technologies, the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) and our Capital Markets Programme.In 2008 the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) was chosen by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to host The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), one of only seven UK Innovation and Knowledge Centres (IKCs). Our vision is to be a global innovation hub for cyber security, this means that CSIT will accelerate new value creation, drive new venture creation and build capacity for the cyber security industry.