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19/03/2015
NI Cyber Security Sector Is Thriving - Foster
The cyber security sector in Northern Ireland is making an increasingly important contribution to the local economy, according to Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster.
Speaking at the World Cyber Security Technology Research Summit, hosted by Queen's University's Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT), the Minister said the sector supported around 900 jobs and had grown by a third within the last year.
Arlene Foster added: "Today's event presents an exciting opportunity to showcase Northern Ireland's emerging research within this fast growing security sector.
"In line with my Department's Innovation Strategy and through collaboration with industrial partners who are either in cyber security or seeking to enact commercial projects in this area, CSIT is engaged in ground breaking academic research that is leading to a wider range of commercial outcomes and benefits."
(CD/MH)
Speaking at the World Cyber Security Technology Research Summit, hosted by Queen's University's Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT), the Minister said the sector supported around 900 jobs and had grown by a third within the last year.
Arlene Foster added: "Today's event presents an exciting opportunity to showcase Northern Ireland's emerging research within this fast growing security sector.
"In line with my Department's Innovation Strategy and through collaboration with industrial partners who are either in cyber security or seeking to enact commercial projects in this area, CSIT is engaged in ground breaking academic research that is leading to a wider range of commercial outcomes and benefits."
(CD/MH)
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