[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fg986AqlgTAvSRyz_JBSygS8VuO-uqpkiQlbssZ3WrHU":3},{"article":4,"iocs":45,"watch_terms":46,"solutions":47,"lesson":50},{"id":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"summary":8,"ai_summary":9,"brief":10,"url":11,"image_url":12,"published_at":13,"ingested_at":14,"relevance_score":15,"entities":16,"category_id":22,"category":23,"article_tags":27},"fa2e5ec8-d412-41c4-a3ef-cd7b83880339","IRISSCON 2026 puts preparedness for cyberattacks and hybrid threats in focus","irisscon-2026-puts-preparedness-for-cyberattacks-and-hybrid-threats-in-focus-17ecfb","Ireland risks being dangerously unprepared for increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and hybrid threats unless the Government acts urgently to strengthen the country’s national security capabilities, according to Brian Honan, head of the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service (IRISSCERT) and founder of BH Consulting. The warning comes ahead of IRISSCON 2026, IRISSCERT’s annual cybersecurity conference, which takes place at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Wednesday, 11 November. Help Net Security will be attending the event. … More → The post IRISSCON 2026 puts preparedness for cyberattacks and hybrid threats in focus appeared first on Help Net Security.","Brian Honan, head of IRISSCERT, warns that Ireland is dangerously unprepared for sophisticated cyberattacks and hybrid threats, urging the government to urgently strengthen national security capabilities. He highlighted recent incidents like supermarket refrigeration system attacks and bomb threats as examples of how quickly threats can disrupt services, emphasizing the need for a coordinated national security strategy rather than isolated responses. Honan called for the full transposition of the EU's NIS2 Directive into Irish law and increased support for businesses, particularly SMEs, to bolster their cybersecurity resilience.","Ireland risks unpreparedness for cyberattacks and hybrid threats, warns IRISSCERT head.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.helpnetsecurity.com\u002F2026\u002F11\u002F10\u002Firisscon-2026-dublin\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fimg.helpnetsecurity.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F11\u002F11064043\u002Firisscon2022-atrium.jpg","2026-11-10T12:16:40+00:00","2026-11-10T13:00:26.385075+00:00",7,[17,20],{"name":18,"type":19},"IRISSCERT","vendor",{"name":21,"type":19},"BH Consulting","c5c77cdb-f7d7-4990-9436-c81dcbff1163",{"id":22,"icon":24,"name":25,"slug":26},null,"Policy","policy",[28,33,38,40],{"category":29},{"id":30,"icon":24,"name":31,"slug":32},"4fd32ef4-29b8-4ee4-b88f-ecfb77fbf9c1","NIS2","nis2",{"category":34},{"id":35,"icon":24,"name":36,"slug":37},"6cbdd207-aaa1-4176-9534-e156b125e917","Nation-state","nation-state",{"category":39},{"id":22,"icon":24,"name":25,"slug":26},{"category":41},{"id":42,"icon":24,"name":43,"slug":44},"e7b231c8-5f79-4465-8d38-1ef13aea5a14","Threat Intelligence","threat-intelligence",[],[18,21],{"controls":48,"vendors":49},[],[],{"slug":51,"title":52,"body":53,"framework_refs":54,"framework_notes":60},"irelands-cyber-unpreparedness-highlights-the-cost-of-delayed-nis2-transposition","Ireland's Cyber Unpreparedness Highlights the Cost of Delayed NIS2 Transposition","Ireland's failure to fully transpose the EU NIS2 Directive into national law leaves critical infrastructure operators — from supermarkets to public services — without a legally enforced baseline of cybersecurity obligations. The incidents cited, including attacks on refrigeration systems and coordinated bomb threats, demonstrate how hybrid threats can rapidly cascade into physical and economic disruption when no unified national response framework exists. SMEs in particular are left exposed because they lack the resources to self-organise resilience without regulatory guidance or government support. A fragmented, incident-by-incident approach to national security is insufficient against sophisticated, multi-vector threat actors. Coordinated national strategy, mandatory standards, and sector-wide information sharing are prerequisites for meaningful resilience.",[55,56,57,58,59],"NIS2 Article 21(2)(a)","NIS2 Article 21(2)(c)","NIS2 Article 21(2)(g)","NIST CSF 2.0 GV.OC-01: Organizational Context","NIST SP 800-53 IR-8: Incident Response Plan",{"NIS2 Article 21(2)(a)":61,"NIS2 Article 21(2)(c)":62,"NIS2 Article 21(2)(g)":63,"NIST SP 800-53 IR-8: Incident Response Plan":64,"NIST CSF 2.0 GV.OC-01: Organizational Context":65},"NIS2 requires essential and important entities to implement risk analysis and information security policies — the absence of full Irish transposition means these obligations are not yet enforceable, leaving critical operators without mandated baselines.","NIS2 mandates business continuity and crisis management planning, which is precisely what Ireland lacks at a coordinated national level as highlighted by the fragmented responses to the cited incidents.","NIS2 requires basic cyber hygiene and training across regulated entities, and without transposition Irish SMEs and critical operators have no legally backed obligation to meet even foundational awareness and hygiene standards.","IR-8 requires organisations to develop, maintain, and coordinate incident response plans — the article's criticism of isolated rather than coordinated national responses directly reflects the absence of this at a whole-of-government level.","This category calls for understanding the organisation's mission and risk environment at a governance level — Ireland's lack of a national strategy means no shared context exists from which coordinated defensive priorities can be derived."]