Chronic talent shortage in Irish cybersecurity despite world-class potential

There is a growing shortage of cybersecurity workers in Ireland despite the country hosting a large slice of Europe’s data firms, experts have said.

An event by Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) promoting the new national cybersecurity body, Cyber Ireland, heard there are 2,500 unfilled vacancies in Ireland and a shortfall of 2 million cybersecurity jobs around the world.