Cyber Ireland & Edgescan Webinar: Ethical Hacking 101

Ethical Hacking

Ethical Hacking 101 Removing the mystery of how attacks are carried out Explore the hacker mentality, how they identify and target vulnerabilities in organisations and how they carry out the attack. Moderator: – Jan Carroll, Lecturer Cyber Security, UCD Speaker: – James Mullen, Edgescan, Ethical Hacker of the Year 2020. Agenda Intoduction & Overview: Removing … Read more

OTSec Working Group Launch

OTSec Group Launch

Summary The initial OTSec Group launch and the subsequent communication on it have further emphasised the need for such a group in Ireland. A problem shared is a problem solved is a theme that echoed from the presenters and the participants at this initial event. Over the next few months more structure will be developed … Read more

TI Series – Session 8: Threat Hunting and Playbooks

Threat hunting and Playbooks

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 your TI Strategy 3rd Session: Law Enforcement 4th Session: … Read more

Workshop – Cyber Security Opportunities in Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe

Security is one of the main concerns for Europe’s governments, organisations and citizens and is therefore among the top priorities for the European Commission Horizon Europe Programme. Europe’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU economy and can contribute to solving Europe’s security challenges through Research & Innovation and the uptake … Read more

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

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

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

Incident Response

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