Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on cyber security consultants and companies within his Department in the past three years; if his Department engaged in cyber security audits with outside firms in the past three years; if so, the expenditure on same; the amount his Department spent on cyber security consultants and companies in the past three years; and for a breakdown of these expenditures by year and type of service provided. [50809/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department implements a security-by-design and defence-in-depth approach to cyber security and has attained the industry security standard ISO27001 certification since 2019. The Department has in place comprehensive arrangements to support ICT security and receives regular advice on these matters from the relevant authorities including the National Cyber Security Centre. For operational and security reasons, the Department has been advised by the National Cyber Security Centre not to disclose details which could, in any way, identify potential vulnerabilities in Departmental Cybersecurity arrangements.