Security in the Irish Information Technology Sector

This paper analyzes the mechanisms that the Irish governments uses to protect the information security sector of its economy. The goal of the analysis is to determine if the Irish government is adequately defending its information security resources, and if not, what measures might improve the situation. These conclusions have applications beyond Ireland to other countries that look to develop a native information security industry. Nations, especially small nation states, looking to develop an indigenous information technology component to their economy can take note of the policies and actions of the Irish government and make better informed decisions about how they themselves might go about incentivizing and maintaining an information technology sector.