Chair of Cybersecurity at MTU, Donna O'Shea, awarded CONFIRM Conference EPE Award

23 Nov, 2022

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Chair of Cybersecurity at MTU and Project Lead at Cyber Skills, Donna O'Shea, awarded CONFIRM Conference EPE Award with colleagues Prof Tom Newe and Dr Alan McGibney.

The award recognises recipients for going over and above in terms of developing and delivering EPE activities in 2021. As recipients of the award, Donna, Tom and Alan are considered EPE champions within the CONFIRM Centre, not only because of their high levels of engagement with the EPE programme, but also because they serve to inform more junior members of the benefits of public engagement and inspire them to get involved in the programme.

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