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WITH ONLINE SECURITY becoming a more prevalent issue, one IT is hoping to tap into an area that is under-represented.
The Institute of Technology Carlow has announced what it claims to be the country’s first honours degree on cybercrime and IT security.
The course will begin in September and the president of IT Carlow, Dr Patricia Mulcahy, said the IT was “looking forward to strong interest” in the four-year course, and said its launch was tackling a talent gap in the area.
“We’re all about responding to national and global talent gaps,” she said. “The research we have done and the processes we’ve gone through, we’ve brought in experts from this sector to look at what we proposed to do and to establish the gap is there”.
We’re not interested in providing [industries with] students where they’re not needed.
To ensure it was up-to-date, it relied on advice and input from experts in the security industry from companies like CipherTechs as well as other privacy-focused companies like Blackberry to help shape the course.
While the core of the course covers topics like maths, programming, and hardware, it moves onto other topics like ethical hacking, cybercrime legislation and malware analysis.
For Dr Mulcahy, the set-up of the full-time course was fast-tracked, but the next step will be to open it up for those in other programming courses as well as part-time learners and other groups.
“In our case, this course was very much fast-tracked and here we are today launching it,” she said. “It was done as timely as it could have been given how much work goes into it”.
They say a lot of companies don’t say they are the subject of an attack because of the bad publicity [they would receive] so it’s very significant. It’s huge for every sector and that’s why it’s important to get professionals out there with the right ethical and moral codes to help companies like that.
Part of the reason for launching the course is to help tackle what Dr Mulcahy calls a “deficit” in ICT and increasing interest among those leaving school to take up courses like this is key if Ireland is to avoid any future pitfalls.
“We really do need to encourage young people to make these kind of choices because they’re critical areas and our economy will be undermined unless we can get professionals out in these areas,” she said.
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You really know your in a recession when the bank robbers can’t even afford a car !!!!!
I don’t think bank robbers use their own cars for work.
Shatter’s doing a fine job. He’s effectively castrated the gardaí, emboldened the criminal gangs and gougers. The gardaí are no longer a visual deterrent due to reduction in numbers. You can thank Alan Shatter for that.
Inspector clueless is far too busy telling other countries how to catch crooks.
I dislike Alan Shatter as much as anyone but it’s hardly his fault he has no money to pay for extra guards.
You can thank 14 years of mismanagement of the public finances by FF and the banking guarantee for that.
He had the numbers, nobody was looking for “extra guards”. Instead, he’s culled the manpower within An Garda Síochána by nearly 30%.
There are some vital things that we cannot afford to cut, the front-line emergency services are among those.
I think you’ll find that guards are retiring like all public servants due to being bribed by the government to do so and as there is a recruitment embargo replacements aren’t being hired.
We would therefore need “extra guards” in order to maintain the status quo.
No one has been “culled” as you put it.
Brian,
Taking on more government workers = higher debt and more taxes. You’re happy with that?
No CCTV?
There’s no such place as Princess St.
Hi SMcB – That was the route the gardai had emailed us but you are correct that there isn’t a Princess Street on the map between Fleet Street and Aston Quay. There is a Prince’s Street in the city centre but it’s up near City Quay so that doesn’t make sense.
I’m wondering if it is the name of a street that is unmarked on Googlemaps but which runs perpendicular to Fleet Street and onto Aston Quay. I have an idea that I have seen a street sign marked Princess Street at some point. In any case, I’ll try and find out more.
Thanks a mill, Susan
There’s such a place.
Where is Princess Street though, John? I tried looking for it on a map and with someone in the area but I have a feeling they mean Price’s Lane, which is off Fleet Street and runs straight onto Aston Quay. The gardai are currently checking that out.
They probably meant Price’s lane leading onto Aston Quay rather than Princess Street. Princess Street is beside the GPO heading into Arnotts loading bay.
That one that runs into Arnotts loading bay is Prince’s Street (North), Tom – take a look here: http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9LnByaW5jZXMlMmJzdHJlZXQlMmJub3J0aCUyYmR1YmxpbiU3ZXNzdC4wJTdlcGcuMSZiYj01NS45NTU4NTQyNzExNDk2JTdlLTMuMTkwOTAwMDg3MzU2NTYlN2U1NS45NDY3NzE2MTkxNDg0JTdlLTMuMjEwODU1NzIyNDI3MzY=
But in any case, you’re dead right – it’s not near Aston Quay!
Thanks for all the input folks. Gardai are saying now that it is Prince’s Street but I’ve sent them the maps to show that it doesn’t make sense.
I would think we can go with “ran from Fleet Street, down a side street (probably Price’s Lane), and onto Aston Quay”. In any case, if you saw two lads legging it through that end of Temple Bar with their faces covered, get in touch with gardai on the numbers mentioned in the article. Cheers! :)
The city is awash with CCTV. I’d imagine you can’t have enough info to nail these creatures hence the appeal
Would have been the perfect time to use the segways, too.
Pity it wasn’t a Hailo cab as it could have been tracked- but seriously how hard could it have been for Pearse street Gardai to send a car within seconds ( or run) – presume there was an alarm and a number of 999 calls – and have Gardai move towards general area – we’ve seen the taxi mo before – this is mid morning in our geographically small capital city.Its all getting a bit out of control …… as we focus on tourism/ the gathering etc streets need to be safe and more Garda presence necessary
At least the little thugs had enough cash for the fare!! But I doubt they did pay….
No, they stole the taxi. I doubt they cared too much about the meter.
Hold your tongue and you’ll pass for a sage lmfao
ITS student will you change the record. Regardless of the article you spout the same rhetoric everyone.
thats cause he a………
Sean and Johnny,
I ask you why your counter-argument is so weak that you resort to childish slurs?
Gardai have to be paid and I would love to know where this money tree would come from?
There is still no news in Irish media? How come? Are they still in shock?
I hope they stuck to 30kph as they made their getaway!
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