According to ‘Cyber Ireland’, Cybersecurity is a rapidly growing industry internationally, for which there are a number of opportunities and challenges including $248 billion in cybersecurity spending worldwide by 2023. Ireland has become a significant base of international technology and security companies, with the top 5 worldwide security software companies in the world and over 6,000 people working in the cyber security industry. Leading global technology companies have a significant presence in Ireland, such as Microsoft, Intel and Google. Ireland is uniquely placed to benefit from increased global investment, as it has an opportunity to position itself as a world-class cyber security practices, solutions and investment hub.
Both full time and part time programme options designed to facilitate learners with a statistics/computing/technology background who wish to upskill in this new and emerging area of Cybersecurity. It may be their preference to take the theory and practical modules only and not complete the dissertation.