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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 June 2018
Employment effect (start)
21 June 2018
Foreseen end date
21 June 2019
Description
Cybersecurity firm Forcepoint is to hire 100 people over the next year in Cork.
The roles are mostly in software engineering and 'will focus on the greenfield development of new cloud and endpoint products, which will integrate across Forcepoint’s entire Human Point System.'
Forcepoint is an American company, established in the 1990s. It provides cloud and network security, as well as data and insider threat security for 20,000 government organisations and enterprises across 150 countries.
The jobs measure in Cork is supported by IDA Ireland
Sources
21 June 2018: RTE
21 June 2018: Silicon Republic.com
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Forcepoint, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 94378, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94378.
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