Security Roundup January 2026
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Business leaders believe cybersecurity risk is accelerating Cybersecurity risk is accelerating due to AI advances, geopolitical fragmentation, and increasingly systemic cybercrime. That’s what senior business leaders and experts are saying in the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026 Global Cybersecurity Outlook, […]
Why a Gradual Move Away From US Tech is a Good Idea
For a small business in Cork or a family in Galway, digital sovereignty means not waking up one day to find that your email, documents, or photos are suddenly inaccessible because a foreign leader threatened tariffs or a sanctions list changed overnight, writes our CEO, Brian Honan, for the Irish Examiner. Read More:
Forget Predictions: True 2026 Cybersecurity Priorities From Leaders
Our CEO, Brian Honan, is featured in Security Week magazine. Brian was among the key leaders in the Cybersecurity industry, who was asked for their insight on the year ahead, 2026. Read More:
Data Protection Day 2026: Addressing Common Challenges
What makes data protection difficult today isn’t just the regulation. It’s the volume of data, the speed at which systems and technology change, and the growing number of third parties involved in how organisations operate. Even in 2026, many organisations still face the same recurring issues. In this blog marking Data Protection Day 2026, we […]
Cloud collapse: Why SMEs are at greatest risk when tech giants fail
Our CEO, Brian Honan, features in the Business Post, discussing how companies need to consider backups and resilience when engaging with cloud providers, particularly in light of the recent outages of AWS, Azure, and Cloudflare. Read More:
Security Roundup September 2025
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Ground control to major chaos Another day, another reminder why supply chain security has been rising in prominence recently: a ransomware attack on a company that provides self-service check-in kiosks caused disruption at multiple European airports beginning on Friday 19 September and […]
Security Roundup July 2025
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Virtual shock, real-world consequences Long warned about, and now tragically come true: a fatality has been directly linked to a cybersecurity incident. The UK NHS determined that a ransomware infection at Synnovis, a pathology service provider, contributed to a patient’s […]
Security Roundup June 2025
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. All-Ireland cybersecurity sector has scope for growth Ireland’s cybersecurity sector is worth €3.2 billion and is now one of the largest in Western Europe, according to a new report. Cyber Ireland’s 2025 All-Island Cyber Security Sector Report shows the industry […]
Security Roundup May 2025
Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. There’s breach response … and there’s M&S breach response Breach response is in the spotlight, with two recent cases showing the best and worst examples of the genre. After reporting a “cyber incident” on 25 April, the UK retailer Marks […]
If you use American tech, your data is subject to Trump’s whims
Our CEO, Brian Honan, shares his opinion with the Irish Examiner on the increasing risks to Ireland’s data sovereignty given the recent developments in international policies. Read More ›