Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department’s IT infrastructure is monitored for security breaches on a 24/7 basis; the guidance provided from Government on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45315/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department's IMT Division employs a range of policies, tools and practices to safeguard the integrity, confidentiality and availability of my Department’s data and IMT infrastructure and to protect it from all potential threats, both external and internal.

To facilitate this, the IMT Division engages expert support from specialist resources through its managed service contract. The current managed service contract provides for 24 hour support to one of our two data centres, and extended cover for the other.

My Department’s IMT Division liaises with the Computer Security Incident Response Team (the CSIRT-IE) of the National Cyber Security Centre. The CSIRT-IE issues general cyber security updates on a regular basis and issues continuous alerts to IMT Division in relation to specific potential cyber security breaches, including advice on appropriate actions to mitigate such threats, which are then implemented.

My Department also retains independent external cybersecurity expertise and utilises this service as necessary.