Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The training for people going into the industry is something that is not totally in the remit of this committee but we need to know about it because cybercrime is pervasive. This is the committee dealing with cybercrime, but not with training people in cybersecurity. The Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science will get annoyed with us if we start taking on issues in its remit. I will bring Professor O'Shea in as she has indicated, but first I thank all the witnesses for what they are doing. It is important to raise awareness, as we have done today, and to encourage everyone to be vigilant in all activities, whether working in the industry, in tech, in the HSE using computers, in a bank, in a shop or in some other retail unit. Data are valuable. Everything we do, including going to shops and using various supermarket loyalty cards, all that data is-----

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