Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 November 2023
241. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education how many staff members in her Department have received training in cyber security in the past three years; what types of cyber security training programmes have been conducted; if she will provide details of these programmes; and of the staff trained in cyber security, how many have obtained accredited cyber security qualifications. [50794/23]
View answerMy Department regularly runs cybersecurity awareness campaigns for all staff to raise awareness of the threats posed by cybercrime. All of the staff in my Department have access to cyber security awareness training on the civil service wide OneLearning, Learning Management System. In addition, ICT personnel also undertake relevant cyber security training periodically.
My Department's cyber security defences are supported by the work of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the national computer security incident response team, CSIRT, which provides early warnings, alerts, announcements and dissemination of information about risks and incidents to my Department.
My Department has previously been advised by the NCSC that, for security reasons, not to disclose details of its cyber security operations which could in any way compromise the Department’s information security posture. In particular, it is not considered appropriate to disclose any information, which might assist malicious actors to identify potential vulnerabilities.
