Invest: Cyber Security to support our digital journey

This is a plain text summary of Chapter 5 of the "Digital Ireland – Connecting our People, Securing our Future" report. Read the full report.

We are focused on accelerating our cyber security capacity, skills and adoption, to keep pace with the significant increase in cyber-related risks. We will do this by fostering a proactive compliance culture, building our cyber security capacity, and engaging effectively at national and international level.

• Publish a new Cyber Security Strategy in 2026, setting out a roadmap to deliver additional capacity for our National Cyber Security Centre, establish a new Cyber Security Research Centre of Excellence, and provide targeted grant funding for SMEs and organisations with obligations under the EU NIS2 Directive, to improve cyber resilience.
• Support the secure use of AI in the public sector, through a National AI Cyber Risk Assessment and updated guidance.
• Increase the capabilities of the Joint Cyber Defence Command, to defend against cyber threats and enhance national cyber defence resilience and capabilities.
• Update the National Cyber Emergency Response Plan, to respond to serious cybersecurity incidents that affect nationally important systems and networks.