60 jobs announced in Cork and the Midlands

Online security company Alien Vault.

Sixty new jobs have been announced for counties Cork and Laois.

An online security company Alien Vault has said it will hire 40 more staff in Co. Cork.

The company, which specialises in crowd-sourced threat intelligence, is to establish its new European, Middle Eastern and African sales and technical support centre in Cork city.

The company already has a staff of 12, including sales and management personnel, sales engineers and tech support.

Meanwhile, 20 new customer support jobs will be created over the next three years in Portlaoise.

Internal Results Ireland Limited, which currently employs 14 full-time staff, will establish a new office in the Co. Laois town.