Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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202. To ask the Minister for Finance if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver the services and or system. [27277/21]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide ICT services for my Department. The OGCIO implement a security-by-design and defence-in-depth approach to cyber security.

The Government’s services are still actively involved in managing and remediating the recent cyberattack on the HSE. OGCIO technical staff continue to operate and monitor all relevant systems to the highest levels, and are closely engaged with experts in the OGCIO and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to ensure that best practice is followed as it relates to all aspects of Cybersecurity.

For operational and security reasons, the NCSC have advised OGCIO not to disclose details of systems and processes which could in any way compromise those efforts.

In particular, it is not considered appropriate to disclose information which might assist criminals to identify potential vulnerabilities in departmental cybersecurity arrangements. Therefore it is not considered appropriate to disclose particular arrangements in place in relation to cyber security tools and services.