MTU targets Ireland's cybersecurity skills gap

The new initiative follows recent ransomware incident that has crippled the country's health system.

Cyber Ireland cluster manager Dr Eoin Byrne, chairwoman of Cyber Security at Munster Technological University Professor Donna O’Shea, and Cyber Skills project manager MTU Jacqueline Kehoe at the launch of The Cyber Skills Project, a collaborative project led by MTU.

The Munster Technological University is leading a new collaborative project to address the critical skills shortage of cybersecurity professionals in Ireland.

Weeks after the country's health system was left crippled by a ransomware attack, MTU has officially launched The Cyber Skills Project with academic partners including Technological University Dublin, University of Limerick, University College Dublin, and the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative based in Virginia Tech in the US.