Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of and the records kept by his Department of attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches committed against his Department's computer systems. [1725/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department ensures that all relevant security measures, including the use of hardware firewalls, anti-virus, anti-spam and malware scanners are in place to protect its network against potential intrusion by hackers via the internet. All of my Department's computer security systems are subjected to ongoing independent security audits and any enhancements to the systems are installed as required. Records of attempted attacks are not readily available and there is no record of any actual breaches of my Department's systems.