Katie Horgan works as a Cyber Security Analyst in IT Services. We chat to Katie about her career to date, what it’s like working in Cyber Security and IT Services.  Katie also gives us a glimpse into life outside UCC.

Michael O'Halloran retires from UCC after 43 years of dedicated service. When Michael O'Halloran began his journey with IT Services at University College Cork (UCC) in 1982, the department was known as the Computer Bureau, the Boole Library was being built, and the world wide web was still seven years away from becoming a reality. Joining as part of the then Technical Advisory Group, Michael played a pivotal role from the outset in helping the UCC community embrace and navigate the emerging digital age. Over the decades, his career would come to mirror the transformation of IT itself - from a single IBM mainframe to a vast digital ecosystem supporting thousands of users across the university.

The Technology-Facilitated Abuse (TFA) Project delivered Ireland’s first digital badge to Recognise and Respond to Technology Facilitated Abuse launched in May 2024. The TFA digital badge is led by women across industry, academia and advocacy, this partnership between UCC, Safe Ireland, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and other cyber industry experts demonstrated the power of cross-sector collaboration in driving meaningful social impact. To date nearly 120 individuals have completed the TFA digital badge.