It took just five minutes for Edward Skrba and Christopher Galicki to hack a password from the stage in the Cork Opera House at the international FutureSec gathering.

The world is changing fast. New technologies are disrupting traditional ways of doing business, new markets are being created and innovation is turning the world into a more connected place.

Companies of all sizes need to be increasingly aware of the need to safeguard their online presence and protect sensitive information, warns technology expert Mark Brosnan.

Cork will host a major conference on cybersecurity in September with the burgeoning cybercrime industry’s exponential growth expected to exceed €4.5 trillion in two years.