Naoise Ó Cearúil (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm if any staff devices (laptops, phones, USBs) containing departmental information or sensitive data were reported lost or stolen in the past five years; the number of devices reported; the data risk involved; and the associated cost of mitigation. [54387/25]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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My Department's records indicate that, in the period in question the following number of laptops or mobile phones have been reported as lost or stolen:All laptops and iPhones are encrypted. The loss of an encrypted device is not regarded as a data loss incident.

It is the policy of my Department that the theft of any ICT equipment of value must be reported to the relevant local police authorities. However, none of the stolen items have been recovered.

Devices are replaced, where necessary, from a pool of available devices and not necessarily on a like-for-like basis. No records are available on the cost of replacing a specific device.