Two Irish grant schemes — Enterprise Ireland's Cyber Review Grant (€3K at 80% funded) and the NCSC's Cyber Improvement Grant (€25K–€60K at 80% funded) — let your SME fund a full cybersecurity audit and a real remediation programme for roughly 20% of the retail cost. Intellix is the senior-led Irish delivery partner. Tipperary HQ, Cashel-based engineers, on-site in Thurles, Limerick, Galway, Cork, Dublin and across the Irish Midlands.
Stage 1 finds the problems. Stage 2 fixes them. Both are 80% state-funded for eligible Irish SMEs.
A senior-led audit of your current posture, with a written remediation plan you'll use to apply for Stage 2.
Implementation of the remediation plan from Stage 1 — closes the gaps that actually matter, with evidence your underwriter, auditor and procurement team will accept.
Stage 1 is a prerequisite for Stage 2.
You can't apply for the NCSC Improvement grant without a Stage 1 remediation plan first. Stage 1 audits delivered by senior practitioners — not check-box auditors — earn through Stage 2 cleanly. Stage 1 audits delivered cheaply tend to fail Stage 2 due-diligence.
Four questions. No email needed to see the answer. We'll show your likely tier, then you can book a 15-minute call to confirm against the current criteria.
Below: how each Intellix tier maps to the grant scheme. Same senior engineers across all four — no junior auditors, no ticket queue.
| Intellix tier | Grant scheme | Gross | Net (after 80% grant) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free initial external cybersecurity brief | — | €0 | €0 |
| Deep-dive Paid Report | EI Cyber Review (Stage 1) | €1,500–€3,000 | €300–€600 |
| Full Security Assessment | EI Cyber Review + supplemented | €5,000–€12,000 | €3,000–€10,000 |
| NIS2 Readiness Programme | EI + NCSC (Stage 1 + 2) | €8,000–€18,000 | €1,600–€8,000 |
| NCSC Implementation Programme | NCSC Cyber Improvement (Stage 2) | €25,000–€60,000 | €5,000–€12,000 |
Final grant percentages and tier eligibility are set by Enterprise Ireland and the National Cyber Security Centre. We confirm against current criteria at the scoping call before any application is submitted.
On-site coverage out of Tipperary and the Midlands. Senior engineers travel anywhere in Ireland. Below: same-day / next-day reach on grant-funded engagements.
Cashel · Thurles · Clonmel · Nenagh · Tipperary Town · Roscrea · Cahir · Templemore
Portlaoise · Tullamore · Birr · Athlone · Mullingar · Longford · Carlow · Roscommon
Limerick · Cork · Waterford · Killarney · Tralee · Ennis · Shannon
Galway · Sligo · Castlebar · Westport · Letterkenny
Dublin · Naas · Newbridge · Kilkenny · Wexford · Drogheda · Dundalk · Bray
London · Cambridge · Suffolk · Bury St Edmunds · Norwich · Ipswich
Don't see your town? Grant-funded engagements typically start with a remote scoping call — we've delivered into operators in every Irish county and across the East of England. If we're a fit, we'll travel.
Two stages. Stage 1 — Enterprise Ireland Cyber Review Grant — covers up to €3,000 of audit cost at 80% funded, so you pay €600 net for an audit that retails at €1,500–€3,000. Stage 2 — NCSC Cyber Improvement Grant — covers €25,000 minimum to €60,000 maximum of implementation work, at 80% funded (so €5,000–€12,000 net for a project that retails at €25,000–€60,000).
Eligibility is broad but specific: an Irish-trading SME with employees, revenue and a real operational dependency on IT systems. Manufacturing, food production, hospitality, professional services, B2B distribution, healthcare, financial services and educational organisations are all in scope. We can confirm eligibility against the current Enterprise Ireland criteria in a 15-minute call before you apply.
Yes. We are a senior-led Irish cybersecurity provider with 15+ years of delivery across hospitality, food production, equestrian, manufacturing and B2B operators in Ireland and the UK. The work we deliver under Stage 1 mirrors the Enterprise Ireland Cyber Review specification: posture assessment, vulnerability triage, prioritised remediation plan, executive readout.
Across Ireland and from the UK. On-site coverage out of Tipperary and the Midlands (same-day in Cashel, Thurles, Clonmel, Nenagh; next-day across Portlaoise, Tullamore, Birr, Athlone, Mullingar). Senior engineers travel anywhere in Ireland — Tipperary, Cashel, Thurles, Limerick, Galway, Cork, Dublin, Waterford, Portlaoise, Athlone, Birr, Tullamore, Mullingar and surrounding counties. Most evidence-gathering is delivered remotely with zero downtime.
Two to four weeks end-to-end. Week one — discovery and external evidence-gathering. Week two — internal review with your IT lead. Week three or four — written report, executive readout call, remediation plan suitable for Stage 2 submission. Senior-led delivery — no junior auditors, no ticket queue.
Posture assessment against ISO/IEC 27001:2022 + GDPR Art. 32 + NIS2 control families · external attack-surface review (DNS, TLS, DMARC, security headers, application surface) · Microsoft 365 / identity hardening review · prioritised risk register · written remediation plan with eligible Stage 2 scope · executive readout call · evidence pack a cyber-insurance underwriter or NIS2 auditor will accept.
You apply directly via Enterprise Ireland. We provide a one-page scope letter that maps Intellix's audit deliverables to the EI grant specification — most clients use this as the supplier statement in their application. We do not bill for the scope letter. Application typically takes 1–2 weeks to approve.
Partially. The EI Cyber Review Grant funds the readiness audit and gap-analysis stage of NIS2. The NCSC Cyber Improvement Grant funds the remediation work — closing the gaps identified in Stage 1 — including MFA roll-out, log aggregation, vendor-access tightening, incident-response runbooks and policy work. Realistically a mid-size Irish SME can fund 60–80% of its NIS2 readiness programme through the combined Stage 1 + Stage 2 grants.
Yes. Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Trading Online Voucher (up to €2,500 at 50%) for digital projects that touch online trading security. Digital for Business voucher (up to €5,000 at 50%) for broader digital transformation that includes cyber elements. The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) cyber-loan products are also relevant for larger uplift. We can advise on the right mix in a scoping call.
Two weeks from agreement. Senior-led — your first call is with a senior engineer who can scope the work and quote it. Discovery starts the week after a signed scope. For Tipperary-and-Midlands clients, kick-off is on-site; everywhere else in Ireland starts remote, with site visits scheduled around your team's calendar.
Talk to a senior engineer — not a salesperson — about whether the EI / NCSC grants fit your situation. No application support fee. We bill on delivery, not promises.
