Sean Hennessy Bursary presentation marks 10 years of eSentire in Ireland
Cyber security provider eSentire has awarded the annual Sean Hennessy Bursary to Munster Technological University (MTU) computer science student, James Spillane.
This year, eSentire is also celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the opening of its international headquarters and security operations centre (SOC) in Cork.
Established by eSentire in 2021, the Sean Hennessy Bursary award is delivered in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science at MTU.
The Bursary provides college financial aid, as well as the opportunity to participate in a nine-month internship with eSentire. The scholarship is named in honour of the late Sean Hennessy, a former eSentire team member who was instrumental in establishing and managing eSentire’s Global SOC in Cork in 2015. Sean Hennessy passed away in 2016.
This is the fourth year that the Sean Hennessy Bursary has been awarded to a MTU student. The three previous recipients of the award are all currently employed with eSentire’s global security operations centre in Cork.
“I am delighted and honoured to have been selected as this year’s recipient of the Sean Hennessy Bursary,” said James Spillane, 2025 eSentire Sean Hennessy Bursary winner. “I would like to sincerely thank everyone at eSentire for this incredible opportunity to further explore the fascinating world of cyber security, which is a passion and interest of mine. I am also grateful to MTU for their support and guidance through my studies. Receiving this award is an honour and a fulfilling achievement, I want to thank everyone involved for this prestigious opportunity.”
“The 10-year anniversary of the opening of our Global SOC and headquarters in Cork is an important milestone for us,” said Ciaran Luttrell, vice president of eSentire’s global security operations. “We have grown our operations and currently employ over 50 staff members, we have completed over 25 SOC analyst internships, and this is the fourth year of our special bursary program honouring the memory of Sean Hennessy.
“Reflecting on our 10 years in Cork, we are especially proud to have led the way in contributing to the growth of the cybersecurity community. It is through programs such as the annual bursary, our work as Chapter Leads with Cyber Ireland, the sponsorship of CorkSec, a Cork-based Def Con meetup group; and most recently, our partnership with Cyber Innovate, an incubator programme supporting cyber security start-up companies, which launched in 2024. We could not have accomplished all these achievements without our strong partnership with MTU.”
Head of Cyber Innovate and Chair of Cyber security at MTU Donna O’Shea said: “eSentire is a valued partner of MTU and the company has been instrumental in supporting and developing the cybersecurity ecosystem in Ireland. Our partnership includes support for MTU and the Cyber Innovate programme, where eSentire immerses participants in cyber security challenges to unearth unmet needs and translate these needs into viable cybersecurity products.”
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