Over the course of 2019, we engaged with stakeholders and international peers to inform the shape of our strategic direction for the period 2020 – 2022.
Our latest strategic plan for 2020-2022 was approved by the HEAnet Board in 2020.
Five core areas of strategic focus have been identified for development over this period:
Connectivity
- To provide reliable and secure connectivity
- To keep pace with ever-increasing demand for bandwidth
- To provide national and global reach, thereby removing distance between learners, academics and researchers
- To secure sustainable funding to provide world-class infrastructure into the future
- To keep Ireland connected to the world stage
Security
- To protect users and their data
- To mitigate threats and to rapidly respond to incidents
- To educate and increase awareness
- To remain “always on” and “always trusted”
Identity
- To verify users are whom they claim they are
- To enable and enhance data privacy
- To enable national and international resource sharing and access
- To ease the burden of identity management
Brokerage
- To save clients’ time and money
- To negotiate superior deals and agreements
- To leverage collective strengths and economies of scale
- To leverage the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) frameworks
- To leverage GÉANT frameworks and the European single market
- To effect vendor oversight
- To provide client support and assistance
- To provide clients with a conduit to frameworks that is compliant with public procurement
Research Engagement
- To support innovation and new research
- To support national and global collaboration
- To support Open Science and the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)
- To connect research instruments
- To support big data and disruptive innovation
- To advance the solution of grand challenges