Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2017
328. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the actions her Department is taking to strengthen security against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6875/17]
View answerMy Department gets regular updates from the National Cyber Security Centre, encompassing the national/governmental Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT-IE) that focuses on the protection of critical national information infrastructure in key sectors such as energy and telecommunications.
The updates include matters such as improving situational awareness and incident management along with facilitating education and training.
As I am sure the Deputy will appreciate it would not be appropriate for me to set out in any detail all of the security measures that are deployed to prevent cyber-attacks and other forms of malicious attacks against my Department's IT Network. The matter is kept under continuous review and any changes that are required or recommended to my Department, to enhance IT security, are implemented immediately.
