Professor Máire O'Neill, ECIT Director and a distinguished Queen's University faculty member, has taken on a leadership role in a prominent EPSRC AI project that has received £31 million in funding to develop Responsible & Trustworthy AI.

This represents the scale of progress and ambition of the region’s cyber ecosystem, highlighting that over 100 companies with cyber security operations, ranging from start-ups to multinational corporations, are based in Northern Ireland.

The UK Government has announced £18.9 million investment in NI’s Cyber Security industry, including £11 million Government funding through the New Deal for Northern Ireland, to develop a pipeline of cyber security professionals in NI as well helping

The International Cyber Security Center of Excellence (INCS-CoE) is delighted to welcome Queen’s University Belfast as a Core Member and its first from Northern Ireland.

Hardware security experts gathered at Prince Philip House in London on 2nd December 2022 for The Research Institute for Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems (RISE) 5th Annual Conference.

The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) based at Queen’s University Belfast hosted the Rolls-Royce Cyber Technology Research Network 2nd Annual Conference in Belfast on 15th-17th November 2022.

The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) and Rapid 7 have developed the first deep learning system to optimize DAST vulnerability triage in application security.

The UK Government has created a new National Cyber Advisory Board to help protect and promote the UK’s interests in cyberspace, including how best to counter growing cyber threats.

Nusrat Ghani MP learns about the world class research and developments at ECIT.

Nadhim Zahawi, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has visited Queen’s University to celebrate Northern Ireland’s exceptionally strong cybersecurity sector.

The first CEO of the UK National Cyber Security Centre, Ciaran Martin, is receiving a Doctor of Science in Engineering for distinction in engineering today.

The leading authority for cyber security in the UK has recognised Queen’s University Belfast for its high standard of cyber security education.

Rolls-Royce has today announced that they are partnering with Queen’s University in Belfast to address cyber threats.

Belfast based software consultancy firm Pytilia were selected as part of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) ‘Digital Security by Design’ (DSbD) competition to deliver technologies that will improve software defences against cyber vulnerabilities.

This DCMS-backed programme will support the growth of 160 cyber entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs and scaleups.

The Royal Academy of Engineering and WMG, at the University of Warwick have shortlisted 11 exceptional collaborations for the inaugural Bhattacharyya Award.

The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) based at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and new Belfast based start-up, Pytilia, are working together on UKRI funded project to strengthen the future of digital security by design.

A report launched at the Secure Connected Intelligence Summit, taking place this week at Queen’s University Belfast, shows that Northern Ireland’s cyber sector now employs 2,300 people across 104 companies, generating £110m in salaries each year.

Queen’s University Belfast and the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) today (Friday, 26 March) welcomed the new CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Lindy Cameron, CB OBE, at a joint virtual event.

Global EPIC relaunches its Soft Landing Programme with 13 innovative ecosystems taking part.

New research carried out by Ipsos MORI, Perspective Economics and CSIT published today by DCMS says record year for UK’s £8.9bn cyber security sector.

New software to tackle cybersecurity risks increased by remote working has been developed through a partnership between Queen’s University Belfast and Belfast-based tech company Ampliphae.

The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) at Queen’s University is being used by the UK Government as a case study on how investment in research, development and innovation can deliver economic impact to the surrounding area and beyond.

The UK’s cyber security industry is now worth an estimated £8.3 billion, with total revenues in the sector up 46 per cent since 2017, research from Queen’s University Belfast has revealed.

World leading cybersecurity expert Professor Máire O’Neill has been assigned a rare and prestigious Regius Professorship by the Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast.

This week LORCA introduced 20 scaleups selected to join their fourth cohort of cyber innovators, which is their largest and most international yet.

Professor Máire O’Neill was among an impressive line-up of speakers at the inaugural TEDx event at Queen's University Belfast.