Cyber Ireland, the national cyber security cluster organisation, has launched a comprehensive strategy aimed at driving the growth of Ireland’s cyber security sector by 2030. The cluster was established in 2019 out of the need to represent the sector and address the cyber security skills shortage and has evolved into a national representative body, uniting … Read more
By Louise MacIndoe We’re excited to share the success of a recent event that truly exemplified the power of collaboration and knowledge sharing within the Cyber Ireland community. At our Logitech office, we hosted a business continuity program exploration roundtable discussion, which brought together representatives from our Cyber Ireland South Chapter community. The roundtable discussion … Read more
By Dónal Óg Cusack, DePuy Synthes The ISA Ireland OT Cyber Security Conference in partnership with Cyber Ireland took place in Mullingar on the 21st November 2023. Conference details and agenda is available at: ISA Ireland Section. Dónal Óg Cusack, DePuy Synthes and Cyber Ireland OTSec SIG Chair, moderated the conference and provided his redlfections … Read more
New report forecasts that Ireland’s North West region could see growth in cybersecurity related jobs from 250 in 2023 to 830 by 2030. With the right investment, the North West region could see growth in cybersecurity related jobs quadruple from 250 this year to 830 jobs by 2030. That’s according to the Cyber Security Skills Audit … Read more
By Khalimatou Samirah Ireland builds its capabilities for the EU Cybersecurity Certification Framework. Cybercrime has increasingly raised concerns these last few years and continues to be an issue to organisations and states security. Governments around the world are responding to this issue and within the European Union (EU) the Cybersecurity Act 2019 was adopted. This … Read more
On 23rd November, Cyber Ireland held an event to Demystify the Cybersecurity Startup Journey. The event, hosted at Dogpatch Labs, Dublin, was targeted towards Startup and Scale-up Founders, as well as Tech professionals who may be considering starting or joining a startup. Colm Healy, CEO, Coratta, chaired the event. Over 60 attendees got to hear … Read more
By Veronica Rogers, Lecturer, ATU Sligo. In Association with itag and EU Skills & Business, helping address skills gaps in the European Union, the 2nd Annual IEEE Cyber Research Conference Ireland (CRCI) 2023 took place in ATU Letterkenny on Friday 24th November. Over 60 attendees on the day, enjoyed the keynote speakers’ presentation from Randolph … Read more
Digital defences are one part of the jigsaw as to why Ireland consistently ranks as a leading exporter of high-end and sophisticated products Potential for a more integrated All-Island cyber security market to bolster defences and further increase Ireland’s attractiveness as a glocal manufacturing base Cyber threats recognise no borders; collaboration and partnerships are key … Read more
Cyber Ireland is one of 33 partners in a European Project, titled Digital4Security, which will create an innovative and market-led European Masters Programme in Cybersecurity Management & Data Sovereignty. Sinéad Rodgers, Cyber Ireland Programme Coordinator, attended the Kick-off Meeting in University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, on 20th October. The project will equip European SMEs and … Read more
By Timothy Kelley, Strategic Head, TMC UKI & Europe Cyber Escape Room In the Escape Room, the students were in 5 groups of 5, each to a role, HR, PR/Marketing, Operations, Legal, and Finance. Each group works the challenge, comes up with answer, gets a code, the code opens a lock to a 2nd lock … Read more