Mr. Brian Honan:

The Bill will directly impact the regulated entities. They have to manage the cyber-risk in their supply chain and their focus will probably be on the first or second-tier entities in their supply chain. Those entities may, in turn, go down the chain further. As to whether it will impact the corner shop or the one-person solicitor’s office, unless that one-person solicitor is providing services to a regulated entity, it probably will not be hitting such organisations. “Hope” is probably the wrong word to use with regard to security, but I hope this uptake of and focus on cybersecurity will have a ripple effect throughout the economy and businesses and that people will realise that cybersecurity is central.