NW Chapter: IT Sligo Science and Technology Expo

IT Sligo Science and Technology Expo

There is a significant lack of awareness and skills around cybersecurity in society. Furthermore, Ireland has a shortage of cybersecurity professionals, which is placing our digital economy at risk. We need to develop young people that have the aptitude and skills to become the next generation of cyber security specialists. The Cyber Ireland North-West Chapter … Read more

Cyber Career Talks: How to have a successful career in Cyber Security

Cyber Career Talks

The Cyber Ireland’s South Chapter hosted a Cyber Career’s Event to explore the diverse career pathways of three successful professionals in the field of Cyber Security to give an insight into how students and young people might get into this exciting area. Moderator Sean McSweeney, Head Of Department of Computer Science at Munster Technological University and … Read more

NEWSLETTER | May – Bealtaine 2021

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Building Ireland’s Cyber Security Community Cyber Ireland Chairperson, Paul Walsh, discusses the recent HSE Ransomware Attack and what the cluster has achieved in its second year. Read the Blog Post Welcome to Cyber Ireland’s  New Members! We would like to say thank you to all the New Members for your support!  Upcoming Annual Membership Subscription Our … Read more

2 Years Building Ireland’s Cyber Security Community

Cyber Ireland 2 years

By Paul Walsh, Cyber Ireland’s Chairperson As we come to the 2nd anniversary since the launch of Cyber Ireland, it is my pleasure to update you on another very busy and productive year. While Covid-19 has been the major headline grabber over the past 15 months, Cyber Security has also been front page news. The … Read more

Threat Intelligence Series: From Zero to Hero. Session 6.

TI Series 6 - threat intel program

The Cyber Ireland Threat Intel Group aims to build the expertise within the Cyber Ireland community to develop Threat Intelligence capabilities through the sharing of knowledge and experiences at a strategic level. A) Introduction Phase: 1st Session: Threat Intel and Mitre Att&ck 101 2nd Session: Developing you TI Strategy 3rd Session: Law Enforcement 4th Session: … Read more

NEWSLETTER | April – Aibreán 2021

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Welcome to Cyber Ireland’s  New Members! We would like to say thank you to all the New Members for your support!  Upcoming Events In our second meeting of the TI Series Implementation Phase, Derek Buchanan, Crowdstrike, will present on “How to build a threat Intel program”next Wednesday 28th of April.  Register Here Grow & Export Cyber … Read more

Threat Intelligence Series: From Zero to Hero. Session 5.

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The Cyber Ireland Threat Intel Group aims to build the expertise within the Cyber Ireland community to develop Threat Intelligence capabilities through the sharing of knowledge and experiences at a strategic level. This session start a new phase, the Implementation Phase. So we conclude now the Introduction Phase: 1st Session: Threat Intel and Mitre Att&ck … Read more

Ireland’s Cyber Security Academy Recruiting the next generation to Fight Cyber Crime

Cyber Security Academy

The Cyber Security Academy is the first of its kind national cyber security training programme in Ireland for young people and is now recruiting 4th, 5th and 6th year students who want to learn the essential skills to identify, prevent and predict cyber-attacks. Cyber Academy is funded under the Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme, which was launched on the 22nd March by Minister … Read more

NEWSLETTER | March – Márta 2021

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Cyber Ireland Skills Report Are Cyber Security Skills important for your organisation? We recently launched our Cyber Skills report, which provides better data on the cyber security labour market in Ireland The results have highlighted strengths and identified challenges, including Cyber security skills gaps and skills shortages. These shortages are impacting organisations of all sizes, … Read more

Commission on the Defence Forces Public Consultation

Commission on the Defence Forces

How the Defence Forces of the future can adapt to face cyber threats? The Commission on the Defence Forces have launched a public consultation which remains open until the 19th March 2021. The Commission will consider the appropriate structures, capabilities and staffing of the future Defence Forces and the Irish Cyber Security community is encouraged … Read more