Gary Gannon
Question:214. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance if his ministerial phones have been hacked or attempted to be hacked during the term of office. [42924/21]
View answerThursday, 9 September 2021
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I wish to indicate to the Deputy that to my knowledge, I am not aware of any instance of a hack on my Ministerial phone.
The Department’s ICT providers (the Office of the Government’s Chief Information Officer [OGCIO]) have deployed a multi layered approach to security, with defence-in-depth comprising of people, process and technology to protect against cyber security attacks.
For operational security reasons, my Department is not in a position to provide further details of its cyber security systems as it would be inappropriate to disclose information that may in any way assist those with malicious intent.