Cylance®Inc., the company that is revolutionising cybersecurity with products and services that use artificial intelligence to proactively prevent, rather than just reactively detect advanced persistent threats and malware, have announced the opening of a new office in Cork.
Cylance is currently seeking to fill a number of openings for jobs in its new Cork office, including sales, sales engineering, and customer support, with a view toward adding malware analysis and software development roles in the future.
The company will be generating approximately 150 job opportunities in its new office on the South Mall in Cork over the next three years. The investment is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland.
Speaking at the announcement, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD warmly welcomed the investment by Cylance.
“I am delighted to be here today for the launch of Cylance’s operation in Cork. We already have a strong footprint of ICT companies in Cork city and we are very keen to expand that by attracting a wider range of specialist IT companies.
“Cork has become an international cybersecurity and technology center, and we are proud to be a part of that,” said Stuart McClure, president and CEO at Cylance. “Our mission has always been to protect everyone under the sun, and tapping the rich technology pool in Ireland will help us greatly in this effort. The IDA Ireland has been extremely welcoming and we greatly appreciate their expert assistance.”
In just a few short years, the company has achieved a position of leadership in the security industry, having recently closed its Series D funding round of $100 million, much of that earmarked for supporting internationalization.
In 2016 alone, Cylance has been named to the CNBC Disruptor 50 list, named in the top 100 of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing American companies, and was called an endpoint security “visionary” by Gartner.
