'A virus was once a minor disruption. Now no company is safe from cyberattacks'

IT firm reconfigures services to help businesses combat cybercrime

When future historians record the seismic events of 2020 and ‘21 in Ireland, two words will stand out above all others — Covid-19 and cybercrime. The former due to the pandemic that swept across the globe, and the latter resulting from the massive attack on the HSE at a time of greatest vulnerability.

While cybercrime has long been an unfortunate reality of modern global commerce, the onslaught upon the Irish health system succeeded in highlighting how potentially destructive this criminal activity can really be.