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 (ECSO) Cyber Solutions Day with our CISO Forum. Yōjin and Cytidel emerged victorious in the pitch competition, advancing to the European CISO Award Final.
Read about Cyber Solutions Days here.
European CyberHubs Visit
Cyber Ireland hosted representatives from seven European countries part of the EU CyberHubs project for a two-day visit in Kilkenny on October 8–9, 2025. This visit aimed to promote knowledge sharing and best practices among European cybersecurity hubs.
Read about the CyberHubs event here.
Cyber Ireland’s OTSEC Sig Event
Cyber Ireland’s annual Business Growth event
A Business Growth Event was hosted with Enterprise Ireland (EI) on Go-To-Market Strategies. There was first an update from the Business Growth committee on activities in 2025, followed by a workshop with EI Market Advisors and in-market buyers discussing the UK, Italian and Australian cybersecurity markets.
Read about the Business Growth event.
Thursday 9th October (Main Conference Day)
Cyber Ireland Pulse Survey: Strong Business Outlook of Ireland’s Cybersecurity Sector
The “Cyber Ireland Pulse Survey” was launched at CINC25. The report provides an insight into the business outlook of the cybersecurity sector over the past year and next 12 months. Cyber Ireland member companies were surveyed in September 2025 and a total of 56 companies responded to the survey, with 36% large national or multinational companies and 64% small or medium-sized enterprises.
Cyber Ireland Chairperson, Brian Honan, welcomed 500 cybersecurity experts and leaders to CINC25 on the 9th of October. Eoin Byrne, Cluster Manager, provided an update on the cluster’s activities and development over the past 12 month. The opening address from government by Richard Brown, Director of the NCSC, provided insights into the NCSC’s work and national cybersecurity initiatives.
The first session covered the Global Threat Landscape & Geopolitics, including industry keynote presentations on the AI Threat Landscape and Threat Intelligence research as well as perspectives from the Irish and Lithuania NCSCs.
Regulations may not be the most exciting topic, but with a stream of cybersecurity regulations coming from the European Union including NIS2, DORA and the CRA among others, the session “Turning Compliance into Opportunity“ helped attendees to discover practical steps to prepare and position their business for success in a regulated digital economy.
The topic of AI was central to the session “Cyber Resilience: From Preparation to Response”, which had three presentations on. 1) How to realise AI integrate growth into your cyber operation. 2) Understand the emerging AI threats such as prompt injection and data poisoning and how to prepare. 3) How to build resilience across your supply chain by mitigating third-party risk.
How do we keep pace with increasing cybersecurity risks was dealt with in the “Threat Readiness” session organised by Enterprise Ireland including two Irish companies and two international CISOs.
Quantum computing is no longer a future technology —it’s a fast-approaching reality with serious implications for cybersecurity. Quantum Readiness: Is Ireland’s Cyber Sector Prepared? was discussed by quantum experts from across industry, research and government, and how cybersecurity companies in Ireland should prepare to future-proof their services and products.
The Cyber Workforce of the Future session discussed how organisations are adopting to AI in recruitment, upskilling and the impact on skills, while noting the importance of a people-centered approach and power skills for future.
Sebastian Castro from .IE presented Ireland’s Cybersecurity Industry Web Health Report from an analysis of Cyber Ireland members web domains on DNS, Mail and web security with learnings for improvement and best practices.
Keynote speaker, Ciaran Martin, SANS Institute, described a tale of thugs and thieves in cybersecurity and how we need to address these, including how this holds in the age of AI.
We want to thank all of the conference attendees, sponsors, our members and supporters for making CINC25 a success. Cyber Ireland is an initiative only made possible through the dedication of organisations and individuals committed to establishing Ireland as a leading cybersecurity industry in Europe.