General information:
Our West Chapter is run in association with the itag Cyber Forum. It aims to provide a network for industry and academia to share information, provide feedback from industry and support skills development in the region for the cyber security sector.
Focus Areas:
- Building Cyber Awareness
- Education & Training
- Technical Collaborations
West Chapter Leads:
Seán Morris,
Chief Technology Officer at Titan HQ
Eamonn Larkin,
Director of Engineering at Rent The Runway
Activities:
Past Activities:
- April 2022 – Cyber Research Conference, Galway.
- May 2022 –AtlanTec Festival- Cyber Tracks:
- April 2023 – Dealing with a cybersecurity incident (webinar)
- May 2023 – Cybersecurity Summit Event
- October 2023 – Cyber Ireland National Conference, Galway
- November 2023 – Cyber Research Conference 2023, Letterkenny
- Annual Cybersecurity Summit – Recap on itag’s 2021
- Annual Cyber Analyst Technical Bootcamps: Talks Here.
- ITAG Cyber Podcasts, Check here.
- March 2024 – Cyber Security Analyst Technical Bootcamp in association with State Street
Upcoming Activities:
- 26th March – Cyber Tuesday
- 16th May – AtlanTec Festival Cyber tracks covering:
- AI Powered Social Engineering attacks.
- Open source LLM technology to combat Phishing.
- The Evolving Threat Landscape in Cyber across AI and Cloud
- October – Cyber Tuesday
Join the West Chapter
If you would like to join the West Chapter please get in touch, we are always looking for new leads from different backgrounds. Whether you are an early career professional or in senior management, are technical or non-technical, diversity is key.
Each Cyber Ireland member organisation can nominate a representative to join the Regional Chapter. Please get in touch if you’re in joining the committee, or sign up to our chapter mailing list.
Send an email to Dr Eoin Byrne, Cluster Manager [email protected] with:
- Name,
- Organisation,
- Role,
- Area of interest and
- how you can contribute.
Our working groups, events and activities are open to Cyber Ireland members only. For more information on membership visit our Membership Page.