Government Departments and key agencies. 9 The existing ‘Sensor’ Programme will be expanded to all Government Departments, and an assessment will be conducted as to the feasibility of expanding Sensor to cover all of Government networks. 10 A Government IT Security Forum will be created, open to all Heads of IT Security across Government, to facilitate information sharing on best practice for cyber security and to allow the NCSC support the deployment of the baseline security standard. 11 The NCSC will be tasked by Government to issue recommendations with regard to the use of specific software and hardware on Government IT and telecommunications infrastructure. 12 Government will continue to ensure that second and third level training in computer science and cyber security is developed and deployed, including by supporting the work of Skillnets Ireland in developing training programmes for all educational levels and supporting SOLAS initiatives for ICT apprenticeship programmes in cyber security. 13 Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) will promote cyber security as a career option in schools and colleges by means of their Smart Futures Programme. 14 Science Foundation Ireland, along with DBEI and DCCAE, will explore the feasibility through the SFI Research Centre Programme, the Research Centre Spoke programme or other enterprise partnership programmes, to fund a significant initiative in Cyber Security Research. 15 Government will continue to support and fully engage with the IDA funded Cyber Ireland Programme and explore new mechanisms to support Industry/Academia/Government cyber security collaboration. 16 Enterprise Ireland will develop a cyber security programme to facilitate collaborative links between enterprise and the research community that leads to the practical application of research in business. 17 We will reinforce Ireland’s diplomatic commitment to cyber security, including by stationing cyber attaches in key diplomatic missions and by engaging in sustainable 6

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