Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
General Scheme of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024: Cyber Ireland
1:30 pm
Mr. Brian Honan:
I understand the concern. I am taking my Cyber Ireland and CEO of BH Consulting hats off and putting my CERT hat on. From a national security point of view, you need to act quickly, particularly in the cyber realm. The HSE ransomware attack was mentioned. These things can happen in seconds or minutes. If have to go to a committee or an oversight body and get its members out of bed to make a decision, vital time could be lost in protecting-----
Maybe there could be a system involving a review mechanism whereby somebody could do something immediately if they felt it would be in the best interests of the State, but they cannot just deny companies access to a market.
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