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Comprehending the 3 natural states of data is vital for cyber security. Ramses Gallego speaking at FutureScope, May 10th

Simon CockingMay 3, 2017

By @SimonCocking. Interesting interview with Ramses Gallego, Strategist & Evangelist, Office of the CTO, Symantec, Associate Professor IE Business School. ...

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Some things to consider when you plan your company’s cyber defence

Simon CockingApril 25, 2017

By @SimonCocking Security is becoming ever more important, but the human element often remains one of the most vulnerable points in any company’s security sy...

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42% of Irish businesses have no plan to handle data breaches

JohnApril 20, 2017

Ward Solutions has found that 42% of Irish businesses don’t have a crisis management plan to implement in the event of a data compromise. The finding was revealed in Ward’s 2017 Information Security Survey, which was carried out among 170 senior IT p...

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Thumbs Up: Mastercard Unveils Next Generation Biometric Card

JohnApril 20, 2017

Mastercard today unveiled the next generation biometric card, combining chip technology with fingerprints to conveniently and safely verify the cardholder’s ide...

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ITB Department of Informatics holds Third Annual ZeroDays CTF – Ireland’s Biggest Cyber Security Challenge

JohnApril 3, 2017

The Institute of Technology Blanchardstown has announced it once again hosting ZeroDays CTF, a cyber-security challenge, on Friday week April 7th from 10am at t...

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DiskShred invests €500,000 in on-site shredding service

JohnApril 3, 2017

DiskShred, the on-site IT shredding provider, today announces that it is investing €500,000 in its shredding service. The investment includes the purchase of a new bespoke shredding vehicle to join its fleet and the cost of running the vehicle for th...

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ISO27001 Ireland on 26th April 2017 in Croke Park, Dublin

Simon CockingApril 2, 2017

By @SimonCocking How many years has it been going? This is the second year of the event. What was the inspiration to start it? The inspir...

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Are Data Protection Laws the Next Priority in Influencing FDI Locations?

Simon CockingMarch 8, 2017

By Jeff Caselden, latest great guest blog post from Brian Seidman's new FDI / Foreign Direct Ireland blog. I was recently speaking with the leader of a US comp...

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Denis Kennelly, the VP Development & Technology, IBM Security System appears on this episode of the Irish Tech News podcast

Ronan LeonardMarch 7, 2017

Denis is one of the speakers at the Zero Day Security conference in Dublin and he talks to me about his talk Cognitive Security: A new approach to Cyber Defence and where he sees IBM's Watson heading. ...