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A Dublin-based IT security firm is set to create 100 positions 12/12/2012

Mandiant is opening a security and engineering centre to make products that will fight cyber attacks.

The facility will also serve as the firm's security operations centre. As a result, the company is looking to hire candidates with IT and security operations expertise.

'Today's announcement that Mandiant, a specialist company in the fast-growing IT security sector, is establishing operations in Ireland with the creation of 100 high-end jobs is great news,' said the Irish jobs minister, Richard Bruton.

'We in government will continue to build on Ireland's success in this area to create the jobs we need.'

The company is one of only four certified to respond to cyber attacks in Britain via the cyber incident response programme administered by the UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

In other IT news, research from e-skills UK, sponsored by SAS, the business intelligence software company suggests that demand for big data analysts will double over the next five years.

Specialists can earn 20% more than other IT professionals and there has been an increase in data roles of 43% in the past year.