Letters to the Editor: Ireland urgently needs to step up its cybersecurity

'Attacks on our public sector digital infrastructures and private sector data ecosystems could transform Ireland into a digital wasteland overnight'

'Cyber attacks happen at the speed of light requiring quasi instant decision making, risk assessment, and rapid operational measures in real-time managed by a single central authority.' Stock picture

The drip feed of information covering the alleged drone incursion during Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s arrival at Dublin Airport on Monday, December 1, shows once again that the current ministerial governance structures for digital transformation are not fit for purpose, particularly concerning cybersecurity.

Mr Zelenskyy’s plane may have landed safely but how many other planes arriving or departing from Dublin Airport at the time could have been interfered with?