Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Discussion
Dr. Richard Browne:
I can answer that to an extent. The Chairman will understand there is a limitation on how far I can go. In very simple terms, we have a much-expanded incident response capability by dint of both our co-operation with other entities in this State, our procurement of services, contingency and otherwise, and much more detailed contingency planning and scenario planning for various different incidents. To the Chairman's point about what is our role versus those of other entities and Departments, the role of managing incident response is ours. If it comes to a major national cybersecurity incident it will be us, just like it was during the HSE one. Other services will flow in as a reserve or in pursuit of their own statutory objectives.
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