A report from Brandefense on the Irish threat landscape makes for uncomfortable reading. Irish organisations are being actively targeted. Data is appearing on dark web forums. Phishing campaigns are running undetected. Attack surfaces are exposed in ways that most IT and security teams are simply not aware of. Read the report here: Ireland Cybersecurity Threat […]
Ask most IT managers whether their organisation is secure and you will get a confident answer. Ask them to prove it, device by device, user by user, policy by policy, and the picture becomes more complicated. Over the past decade, organisations have accumulated a collection of tools that each address one part of the security […]
The Business Cost of Network Downtime and How Irish IT Teams Are Solving It Faster Network downtime is one of those problems that every Irish IT team knows well but few talk about in terms of what it actually costs. Not just the cost of getting it fixed, but the hours lost, the escalations, the […]
Taking Control of Cloud Data Risk: What Irish Organisations Need to Know Ask most IT or security leads in Irish organisations where their sensitive data lives and you will get a variation of the same answer: mostly in the cloud, probably across a few SaaS tools, and possibly some places we have not fully mapped […]
Is Your Customers’ Microsoft 365 Ready for Copilot? Microsoft Copilot is no longer a future conversation. Across Ireland, organisations of every size are either already running it or actively planning to roll it out. For MSPs and VARs, that shift is both an opportunity and a risk — and the ones who get ahead of […]
Ask any IT manager in Ireland right now how they feel about their VPN and you’ll get a familiar response. It works, mostly. It’s familiar. And changing it feels like a project nobody has the headspace for. But scratch the surface and the picture changes fast. Slow connections. Patching cycles that never end. Security gaps […]
Ask any IT or security lead in an Irish public sector body or educational institution right now what keeps them up at night, and the answer is rarely one thing. It is the combination of growing threats, shrinking headcount, expanding attack surfaces, and a regulatory environment that is moving faster than most teams can keep […]
Take Part in Our Ransomware Resilience Survey and Help Shape Ireland’s First Benchmark Report Ransomware is no longer a question of if but when. Globally, ransomware attacks surged by 45% in 2025, with the average cost of an incident now estimated between $1.8 million and $5 million. In Ireland alone, 80% of employees have experienced a cybersecurity incident […]
Ireland’s largest cybersecurity gathering is back for its ninth year. Renaissance, Ireland’s leading IT security distributor, is delighted to announce the return of Cyber Expo & Conference Ireland, and we can now confirm the full conference programme. Whether you’re an MSP looking to expand your security portfolio, an IT professional navigating compliance demands, or a business leader […]