Cyber Ireland Business Growth Working Group
Under the Cyber Ireland Cluster Strategy 2024 – 2027, the “Business Growth” Focus Area aims to support businesses in starting up, scaling, and innovating. It includes five key initiatives:
- Unlocking Collaborative Business Opportunities
- Supporting Industry RD&I
- Creating a Cybersecurity Start-Up Ecosystem
- Exports – International Business Opportunities
- Improved Cybersecurity for SMEs
Committee Members:
A Business Growth Committee provides the strategic direction for the BG activities. It is made up of senior representatives (C-Suite) from Irish cybersecurity companies.
David McNamara,
CEO, CommSec – BG WG CHAIR
Colin Reid,
Commercial Director, Threatscape – BG WG VICE CHAIR
Rahim Jina,
Co-Founder & COO, Edgescan – BG WG VICE CHAIR
Colm Healy,
CEO, Corrata
Dr. Valerie Lyons,
Executive Director & COO, BH Consulting
Activities
For an overview of our 2025 activities see the presentation from our Business Growth Meeting on 14th February 2025 Here
Here is an overview of our activities from 2024:
Get Involved:
Each Cyber Ireland member has a nominated point of contact for the Business Growth Focus Area and mailing list. If you’d like to update this, please contact: [email protected]
As a Cyber Ireland member, you can participate and contribute to the Business Growth Activities by:
- Attend: our Business Growth events throughout the year. Your organisation’s point of contact will receive the direct invitation.
- Speak: Speak at one of our events, webinars or meetings on best practices relating to business growth.
- Feedback & Contribute: Provide feedback on the Business Growth activities and volunteer to contribute to one of the activities through our BG Survey
- Join the committee: If you believe you can lead one of the BG initiatives and contribute to our goal please leave your details in our BG Survey