Background
ISSA and UCD are pleased to announce the second ISSA / UCD Irish Cybercrime Survey, a joint project between the Irish chapter of the Information Systems Security Association and the Centre for Cybercrime Investigation at University College Dublin.

Our first Irish Cybercrime Survey in 2006 had two goals: firstly to assess whether Irish organisations were experiencing cybercrime and secondly to determine whether there was an interest in further research of this kind. ISSA and UCD are extremely grateful to the many organisations who responded last year and to all those who provided comments. Based on our 2006 findings and extremely positive feedback, both ISSA and UCD are committed to repeating and expanding the Irish Cybercrime Survey.

With the importance of cybercrime research reinforced by constant publicity of security breaches throughout 2007 and an increasing demand for data on the impact of security breaches, ISSA and UCD ask for your help in ensuring a strong response to this year's survey. Irish organisations are invited to contribute to this research by completing a questionnaire either online (see details below), via a personal interview or by post.
2007 Survey
Based on feedback from 2006 we believe the easiest way to complete our questionnaire is online, via the following link:

ISSA / UCD Irish Cybercrime Survey 2007

If you would prefer not to use the web-based questionnaire we are happy to arrange a telephone interview or can provide an "offline" questionnaire which can be returned by post or email. If you would like to make such special arrangements or have any questions please contact Owen O'Connor by email (Owen.OConnor@ISSAIreland.org) or by telephone (01 524 2408).

"I would encourage all organisations to take part in this Survey so that relevant information about cybercrime within organisations and how best to respond to such crimes can be built up. The Report of this survey, I am sure, will assist initiatives and future developments in combating such methods of crime."
Brian Lenihan, TD
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
2006 Survey
The results of our first survey, released in January 2007 and containing data for 2006, are available for download:

ISSA / UCD Irish Cybercrime Survey 2006