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Guest Author:Dennis Chow, Director, Detection Engineering at UKG There are many with mixed feelings within the global security community regarding the value of typical SOC operations in a modern enterprise with the advancements in AI. What typically comes from people leaders is the standard “use AI to augment, not replace” type of message. Hiring managers … Read more

Dublin Chapter event with IISF, 4th November, ESB HQ, Dublin On 4th November, Cyber Ireland’s Dublin Chapter in partnership with IISF hosted an in-person event at ESB HQ, Dublin on “Cyber Resilience: Strategies for an Evolving Threat Landscape”. This was the first partner event with IISF, a not-for-profit association of security professionals, IT and cybersecurity practitioners … Read more

Guest Author: Eoghan Kenny, Founder & Principal Advisor, The Compliance Team For many SMEs, the biggest cyber risk is not what they do, but what they fail to do. Inaction, whether deferring system updates, postponing risk assessments, or ignoring staff training, creates vulnerabilities that attackers exploit. While budgets, resources, and time are always limited, choosing … Read more

We were delighted to host the Cyber Ireland National Conference (CINC25) on October 8th and 9th, which had over 500 registrations. On Wednesday the 8th, the day before the conference, we had several meetings and events for our various working groups. Wednesday 8th October ECSO Cyber Solution Days We hosted the European Cyber Security Organisation … Read more

Guest Author: Eoghan Kenny, Founder & Principal Advisor, The Compliance Team Passing a security or compliance audit is often treated as the end goal. Organisations proudly display their certification and leadership assume they are safe. Yet history shows this confidence is misplaced. Time and again, businesses that have passed audits still fall victim to costly … Read more

On 8th October, Cyber Ireland hosted its annual Business Growth event as part of Cyber Ireland National Conference (CINC25) in Kilkenny, together with Enterprise Ireland. The session gathered over 60 people and was divided into two blocks, one covering our Business Growth workstream and activities by our Industry leads, and a second one led by … Read more

Team Ireland has achieved a landmark success at the 2025 European Cyber Security Challenge (ECSC), clinching a top-10 finish among 39 nations, the country’s strongest performance to date. Remarkably, this was Ireland’s youngest-ever team, showcasing the extraordinary potential of its rising cybersecurity talent. This milestone caps years of strategic planning, rigorous training, and investment in … Read more

Cyber Ireland, in partnership with the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), hosted the ECSO Cyber Solutions Day (CSD) for the second year in Ireland as part of the Cyber Ireland National Conference (CINC25) on 8th October 2025 at the Lyrath Estate, Kilkenny.  Cyber Solutions Day is a European initiative that connects end-users (CISOs) with European … Read more