NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2026

SECURING IRELAND’S DIGITAL FUTURE

22.09.26

THE LYRATH ESTATE HOTEL, KILKENNY

#CINC26

CYBER IRELAND NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The Cyber Ireland National Conference (CINC), is Cyber Ireland’s annual flagship cyber security event bringing together and building our cyber security community with leaders and professionals across industry, academia and government.    

CINC26 will be on Tuesday 22nd September 2026 at the Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny, where senior leaders will meet and discuss the cyber security challenges facing industry and Ireland, learn about innovative solutions and hear from national and international perspectives. 

 

WHY ATTEND?

  • Member-focused – Focused on the topics & interests of our members and cluster mission.
  • Networking – Leading industry conference for networking with senior leaders from cyber security. Access Cyber Ireland’s network of over 200 organisations.
  • Industry Thought Leadership – hear from international thought leaders and the best of the Irish cyber security industry.
  • Strategic Policy & National Security Insights – Get up to speed on the latest developments in Ireland’s national cyber strategy, EU regulations, and global policy trends that impact your organisation’s compliance, resilience, and future readiness.
Cyber Ireland National Conference on Cyber Security

Cyber Ireland is the national industry representative body for the cyber security sector.  

We connect the cyber security sector to drive business growth, through collaboration, talent development and innovation.  Our aim is to position Ireland to become the leading location for cyber security in Europe.

Join over 230 organisations who are working together to make Ireland a global cyber security leader.

PREVIOUS CINC SPEAKERS

Brian Martin

Director of Product Management, Integrity360

Hanna Linderstål

Cyber Intelligence Specialist & CEO, Earhart Business Protec...

Daniele Sangion

Chief Security Officer (CSO & CISO), UniCredit Bank Austria ...

Kevin Quigley

Associate Faculty - Irish Management Institute (IMI)

Orla Dempsey

Assistant Principal, NCSC

Carmel Somers

Human Capital Strategist, Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet

Denise Cassidy

EMEA Cyber Security HR Lead, Accenture

Sebastian Castro

Principal Data Scientist for .IE

Agnė Ignatavičienė

Deputy Director of the National Cyber Security Centre of Lit...

Roland Atoui

Managing Director and Founder of Red Alert Labs

Paul Walsh

Site Lead - Motorola Solutions

David McNamara

Founder - CommSec Communications & Security - Cyber Security

Jacky Fox

Accenture Security Global Strategy Practice Lead | Senior Ma...

Dennis Chow

Director, Detection Engineering, UKG

Dave Ahn

Chief Architect & VP Intelligence, Centripetal

Brian Honan

CEO, BH Consulting

Deirdre Kilbane

Director of Research in Walton Institute

Julie Austin

Partner, Mason Hayes Curran

Joe Stephens

Director of Resilience, NCSC

Dave Ahn

Chief Architect & VP Intelligence, Centripetal

Richard Browne

Director, NCSC

Ciaran Martin

Director of SANS CISO Network And Summits EMEA

Robert McArdle

Director FTR - Cybercrime Research, Trend Micro

Gordon Smith

MC - Journalist and content consultant

Patrick Palmer

Principal Security Specialist Solutions Architect at Amazon ...

Dr. Valerie Lyons

Board Director and Chief Operations Officer - BH Consulting

Dr Eoin Byrne

Cluster Manager, Cyber Ireland

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The balance was just right between topics for now (current state of cyber resilience in Ireland), topics for soon (agentic AI threats etc), and topics for further on the horizon (post-quantum readiness). Lots of food for thought and lots to take back to my org and to consider in the posture of products I work on.
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Great venue. Great food. Good conversations. Great presentations.
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The networking and locality of the event are outstanding. Being outside Dublin makes this feel more like a national event.
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Outside of the some great conference sessions I really enjoyed the networking with peers and friends
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It's a great networking event and an opportunity to learn what skills needs are in the sector.
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The Networking was excellent and such a diverse attendance meant you just didn't meet direct peers.
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Great speakers and interesting exhibitor stands.
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