National Cyber Security Centre, Ireland (NCSC-IE)

Tickets are selling fast for the NCSC Conference 2025 🎉 #NCSCConf2025. Join senior leaders from across sectors to shape the future of cybersecurity. Please follow the link – https://lnkd.in/eUk9E-aR - to register now.

📢We are pleased to announce Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain (PhD) as our MC for #NCSCConf2025, a recognised thought leader in digital policy and innovation. Aoibhinn is an award-winning science communicator and educator. A graduate of physics, she has presented the critically acclaimed TV series 'Ten Things to Know About' for RTÉ that showcases Irish research and is a regular contributor to national TV and radio shows. She has written on science and STEM education for the Irish Times and the Irish Independent, among other outlets. She was previously named as one of the 40 under 40 European Young Leaders, a group nominated to facilitate and create a more equal, innovative and inclusive Europe, for her work promoting gender equality in the fields of mathematics and science. We look forward to seeing you at the event. 🚨 Get your tickets here - https://lnkd.in/eUk9E-aR

A fantastic step by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and Apprenticeship Ireland to strengthen Ireland’s cyber resilience. Building a skilled and diverse cybersecurity workforce is key to protecting our national digital infrastructure, and initiatives like this make that possible. Congratulations to all involved 👏

On my final day in the beautiful city of León, I can look back on a busy and rewarding week. It was a pleasure to get to know my new EU/EEA cybersecurity family, and to work with them on one of the biggest challenges facing us all. I'm very honoured to have been appointed to Chair the NCC Network in 2026 and I am looking forward to working closely with Polis Peratikos 💬 and Hector Laiz Ibanez to further our agenda. We have very large shoes to fill, and I'd like to thank the current Chair Lauri Tankler and Deputy Chair Rossana Pollio for the foundations they've laid for the group, and for their support in preparing for next year. National Cyber Security Centre, Ireland (NCSC-IE)

🚀 What’s New in CyFun® 2025 The NCSC are excited to announce that CyFun® 2025 brings significant updates to help organisations strengthen their cybersecurity governance and compliance. 🔒 Key updates include: ✅ Alignment with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 and relevant European legislation (e.g. NIS2) ✅ Integration of the latest developments in information and cybersecurity, plus user feedback from CyFun® 2023 ✅ Expanded focus on supply chain security and operational technology (OT) ✅ Refined controls and guidelines for greater clarity, auditability, and understanding, with specific goals for each control ✅ Comprehensive guidance on interpreting requirements 🧭 Governance Measures CyFun® 2025 now includes Governance Measures to support the auditability of the “Essential” Assurance Level. These measures help organisations establish and maintain effective cybersecurity governance. 📊 Finally, to make implementation simpler, we’ve added a streamlined spreadsheet version containing only the core requirements for easier management. https://cyfun.eu/en #CyFun2025 #NIS2

You can make your online accounts and smartphone apps more secure by using a strong password or passphrase. A password or passphrase should be a secret that only you know. A strong password has at least 12 characters - 14 or more is better. By characters, we mean it should contain a mix of: • numbers • letters in CAPITALS and lowercase • special characters like !,£,%,* For a password, Never use: • real words or words in a dictionary – it’s best to invent them! • names, birthdays, or addresses • the same username and password for more than one account • patterns like 12345678 or Ireland123 Read more information at this link: https://lnkd.in/eXKDtDQa

We're delighted to be part of the Cyber Ireland Conference at the Lyrath Hotel, Kilkenny #CINC25. The day was full of insights, networking, and thought leadership in cybersecurity. Big thanks to Cyber Ireland for having us 👏

We are delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for the NCSC Conference 2025 🎉 #NCSCConf2025. Join senior leaders from across sectors to shape the future of cybersecurity. Please follow the link – https://lnkd.in/eUk9E-aR - to register now.

Today was the first day of this year’s European Cyber Security challenge. The NCSC has joined #TeamIreland at the event, taking place in the Arena COS Torwar Warsaw. We are proud to support Zerodays in the running of competitions and training sessions all year in order to select a #TeamIreland. Good luck to this year’s team, they are doing amazing so far in the Jeopardy challenges and looking forward to seeing the Attack/Defence competition tomorrow 👏

🖥️ While you may think your encryption is future proof, advancements in quantum computing suggest what is secure today could be vulnerable tomorrow. Quantum computing is an up-and-coming area of computer science and engineering that uses the special properties of quantum mechanics to solve problems that are too complex for even the fastest classical computers. Global investment and research in this area will have far reaching implications across a broad range of sectors. In this blog post, we will explain the potential implications of developments in quantum computing on how we currently keep our data and information secure. We will outline some of the challenges we face and what we can and need to do now to prepare. Read more below 👇