State cyber security body understaffed and overworked, report finds

The report said internal National Cyber Security Centre capability was the “most urgent” issue in terms of its technology strategy and said there needed to be an “urgent review” of its internal structures to provide a career path and “boost retention”.

The country’s cyber security body is understaffed and overworked and lacks the structures and laws to do its job, a Government-commissioned report has said.

Cyber minister Ossian Smyth said all the report’s recommendations would be implemented but flagged that it “will be a challenge” to fulfil the Government’s own promises to boost staff at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) from 25 to 45 by the end of 2022.