clarified during the above-mentioned collaboration among academia, U.S. firms, and the Irish
government. CSI-graduated cybersecurity professionals will within three years be employed by
multinationals in Ireland, and by other businesses as well, although it is expected that multinational firms
will have the majority of the hires. Trained graduates are already part of the cybersecurity workforce, and
the number of graduates in three years will be around the 5,000 mark, while the number of participating
firms is planned at 4,000 firms.
Engaging closely with their counterparts at Skillnet, Ireland’s corporate-government training partnership,
CSI educators have designed a cybersecurity skills curriculum. In doing so these educators relied for
core content on input from U.S. companies as to what’s needed to assure successfully trained
professionals. IT professionals being trained by CSI can participate in cross- and up-training. Programs
come in several varieties including 12-week courses, graduate programs, and two-day foundational
courses for non-technical employees.
At the same time that CSI is training the individuals who will devise the strategies vital to ongoing
cybersecurity, Cyber Ireland will be aggressively pursuing an important goal: seeing to it that resources
and knowledge flow freely among R&D in academia, business enterprises, and cybersecurity agencies.
Taking a new angle on cybersecurity with innovative and collaborative action is making the right move.
About the Author
Aidan McCauley is Vice President of Technology Investments at IDA
Ireland to contact him email: [email protected] or for
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