Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2017
102. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions her Department is taking to strengthen 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. [6885/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department's ICT Division is working on an ongoing basis to ensure that the Department has multiple layers of state of the art technologies protecting its data and infrastructure and ensuring their integrity, confidentiality and availability. This approach, which has been validated by leading independent ICT security experts, involves regular liaison with the National Cyber Security Centre and its incident response team (the CSIRT-IE) to identify any potential weaknesses and take appropriate mitigating actions as and when required.
