Cyber Security

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The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against Ireland for failing to transpose the NI2 Directive. EU member states were required to transpose the NIS2 Directive, which aims to ensure a high level of cybersecurity across the EU, into national law by 17 October 2024.

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Four in ten Irish businesses will not be prepared for NIS2 compliance by next week's deadline, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran suggests. The business law firm surveyed 160 professionals ahead of 17 October, the date by which the government must transpose NIS2 into Irish law.

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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is seeking views from interested parties on what measures should be taken to boost Ireland’s cyber security sector as part of a cyber security industrial strategy. The National Cyber Security Strategy 2019-2024 Mid-Term Review set out a number of new m

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The widespread adoption of remote working has increased cyber security risks for law firms, the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned. NCSC — part of GCHQ — yesterday published its latest Cyber Threat to the Legal Sector report to highlight the potential threats to legal

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Plans for a new EU directive on cybersecurity have moved forward with the reaching of political agreement between the European Parliament and EU member states.T The NIS 2 Directive, which follows the landmark NIS Directive introduced in 2016, will respond to "the increasing degree of digitalisation

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New laws are "urgently required" to allow crime and security agencies to intercept encrypted communications, Mr Justice Charles Meenan has said in a statement. In a report to the Taoiseach, he warned that there is "very serious concern" that current legislation is now "out of date" an

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The law firm used by celebrities including Robert De Niro and Madonna has reportedly been hacked. Hackers claim to have 756 gigabytes of data taken from Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, including emails and contracts.

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Guidance on working from home securely has been published by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The coronavirus pandemic has suddenly presented IT personnel and indeed all users with a set of cyber security challenges that, while not unique, are being experienced on a significantly larger s

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A new public consultation is seeking input to a Government strategy to protect individuals, businesses and Ireland's national security from cyber-attacks. Communications Minister Richard Bruton launched the consultation on the new National Cyber Security Strategy this morning.

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The Law Society of Ireland has issued a new practice note encouraging solicitors to draft a data retention policy in the wake of recent cyber breaches and the GDPR. The practice note points out that clients are "now actively concerned with how long their data is held", and solicitors therefore "need

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