Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 December 2017
243. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the security of communications between her Department's central servers and local offices is regularly audited; and if so, the frequency with which such audits are carried out. [52109/17]
View answerThe security of the communications between the central servers and all offices is constantly audited by a range of industry standard software systems specifically acquired for this purpose. This includes scanning for any weaknesses in the network routers and switches and any traffic that crosses the network. The information from these auditing systems is assessed by a network support team on an ongoing basis. My Department’s Internal Audit Unit also carries out independent audits of processes and ICT systems on an ongoing basis.
