Former GCHQ director says Cork becoming a global cyber security hub in $11 trillion 'arms race'
Robert Hannigan, BlueVoyant International chair with, Michael Conley, BlueVoyant chief revenue officer, Cork Lord Mayor Cllr Dan Boyle, the Lord Mayor of Cork, Holly Steele, BlueVoyant senior vice president UK and EMEA, and Ger Kirby, BlueVoyant SOC manager, UK and EMEA, Councillor Dan Boyle, the Lord Mayor of Cork, with a plaque to officially open BlueVoyant's Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Cork.
The former head of Britain’s intelligence and surveillance agency GCHQ believes Cork is becoming a global centre for cyber security after his company opened a new security operations centre in the city.
Robert Hannigan was director of GCHQ from 2014 to 2017, and was responsible for the creation of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre. He also worked as the British prime minister’s security advisor, while previously he was in the Northern Ireland Office, working under Tony Blair in discussions around the Good Friday Agreement.
