A new plan has been unveiled to grow Ireland's cybersecurity sector between now and 2023.
The roadmap has been published by Cyber Ireland, a national organisation that brings together industry, academia and Government to represent the needs of the cybersecurity ecosystem in Ireland.
The group said that Ireland's cybersecurity industry has the potential to employ 17,000 professionals, contributing €2.5 billion per year to the economy by 2030.
Cyber Ireland has unveiled a new cluster strategy 2024-2027 which has four focus areas across building the community, driving business growth, developing the workforce, and advocacy and promotion.
The group said that Ireland requires a strong domestic cyber security sector with companies of scale that can deliver high value services to provide cyber resilience for the country and compete internationally.
According to Cyber Ireland, there has been strong demand for cyber security skills over the past four years with a trebling of job roles advertised between 2019 and 2022, from 2,000 jobs advertised to 6,700 open roles.
"We have quantified for the first time the size, scale and contribution that the cyber security sector makes to Ireland inc. and its potential for growth," said Eoin Byrne, Cluster Manager, Cyber Ireland.
"We now need to take Cyber Ireland, and the cyber security sector, to the next level by working with the wider ecosystem across industry, government, academia, training providers, research, investors and industry associations to drive business growth and position Ireland as a global leader," Mr Byrne said.
