Plan to establish beefed-up cyber defence body sanctioned by government

A key recommendation of the plan is to invest in cybersecurity resources and staff the Defence Forces' cyber sections. Stock Image.

The Government has sanctioned the Defence Forces to set up a new Cyber Defence Planning Office to map out the establishment of the promised Joint Cyber Defence Command, which would have the ability to actively defend the State from cyber attacks.

The beefed-up cyber function for the Defence Forces follows the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces (CDF), which was published in February 2022.