State to spend €10m on 'national security operations centre' to protect against cyberattacks

National Cyber Security Centre published Ireland’s first national cyber emergency plan on Tuesday on the process to follow if there is a major cyberattack.

The State is set to spend €10m on a “national security operations centre” to help protect local authorities around the country from crippling cyberattacks.

In a request for tender issued on Monday, the Local Government Management Agency — which works in partnership with all 31 local authorities in the country — said the centre would monitor the digital infrastructure of these councils and other local government bodies and constantly be on the lookout for threats to the sector.