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Full coverage: Security

From Madagascar to Muscat: As Predator spyware ensnares the globe, its revenue soars in Ireland

Weeks after the findings of a European Parliament investigation, police have raided Intellexa in Greece. Proceeds from the sale of the firm's surveillance technology trickle up to a tax structure established in Ireland, but one Irish MEP is now calling for change.

Joe Galvin
15th Dec, 2022 - 4 min read

Partnering for zero-trust: Ekco’s acquisition drive continues with deal for hacker buster Kontex

The Malahide-based cloud provider Ekco has bought a second leading Irish cybersecurity firm. It now employs 420 people in Europe, and has bigger growth plans.

Tom Lyons
22nd Jun, 2022 - 4 min read

The 14 questions that every business needs to ask to help prevent – and deal with – a cyber attack

Kevin O’Loughlin founded Nostra, an €18m managed IT services provider that employs 150 people. Here, he outlines some practical steps that will help shore up a company’s IT security, and the questions that all business leaders should be asking.

Kevin O'Loughlin
21st May, 2021 - 7 min read

System armed: Action24’s plan to help consolidate the alarm industry

Aaron Mooney is the second generation to lead home security company Action24, a forty-year-old Irish business. After buying a rival, he talks about his plans to continue expanding with the backing of private equity firm BGF.

Tom Lyons
6th May, 2021 - 4 min read

Enterprise Ireland investigates “phishing” incident

The State advisor to Irish companies and start-ups says it is aware of an "isolated incident" and that it is "currently investigating a phishing incident with information security partners".

Tom Lyons
8th Feb, 2021 - 1 min read

Defending Huawei: Minister-turned-lobbyist Dick Roche on Huawei, paranoia, cybersecurity and trade wars

A lobbyist for Huawei, former Minister Dick Roche has written a column in defence of the telecommunications manufacturer. But not before we asked him the hard questions about the controversial Chinese company.

Ian Kehoe
16th Mar, 2020 - 9 min read

Security of the state: Does being more open make us more vulnerable?

Ireland makes much of its relationships to the world’s financial structure and has has a passable relationship with the knowledge structure. But it knows almost nothing about its security structure, or where it sits within the mesh of global value chains.

Stephen Kinsella
27th Feb, 2020 - 6 min read

Ian Kehoe: “Having rebuilt a broken company, the directors of QIH have been let down by a decade of official indifference”

The abhorrent attack on Kevin Lunney, followed by further death threats against his colleagues, has finally shunted the authorities into action. But the Garda Commissioner must explain the profound lack of progress on the 70 other acts of sabotage, intimidation and violence against the company.

Ian Kehoe
1st Nov, 2019 - 6 min read

Trocaire boxes, pub takings and charity funds: the inside story of the security firm that used client money to prop itself up

Senaca was hired to transport and safeguard cash, including donations to Trocaire and the ISPCC. Now, it is bust leaving scores of creditors burned. Documents show the company used client money to prop up its own accounts.

Tom Lyons
24th Sep, 2019 - 16 min read
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