Companies should encrypt their data and move away from using paper documents in order to protect valuable information and thwart the continuing threat posed by hackers and criminals.

The CEO of Apple has warned against giving spies a “back door” to reading people’s emails because weakening data security could help criminals.

A UCD spin-out company has been acquired by a major US security data firm for $68m (€59.47m) in a cash and equity deal.

Facebook said it has done nothing wrong, after a successful legal challenge surrounding concerns the social network might be sharing European citizens’ personal data with US cyberspies.

The European Court of Justice has cast doubt on an agreement giving US companies access to the online information of millions of EU citizens.

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner will examine how today's EU court ruling protecting personal information online will impact data being shared with the US.

The European Court of Justice is to rule later in a case against Facebook over personal data held by the social media site.

A major drive is under way to position Cork as the prime location outside Dublin for the location of multimillion-euro ‘big data’ storage centres.