The guidelines were prepared by Grant Thornton under contract by National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). This document is the first cyber security guidance issued to Irish Public Service Bodies (PSB) in relation to specific best practice cyber security requirements as part of an Information Communications Technology (ICT) procurement process.
This document may also be relevant to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) where similar cyber security procurement concerns would apply.
“I welcome the publication of the Cyber Security Guidelines for ICT Procurement in Public Service Bodies. This marks a new departure in providing specific cyber security guidance to help assist Public Sector Bodies to embed cyber resilience into their ICT procurement planning and delivers on measures previously set out in the current National Cyber Security Strategy.
These guidelines build on existing National Cyber Security Centre guidance, to further promote cyber security best practices as an integral consideration for Public Sector Bodies, helping to improve the resilience and security of public sector IT systems to better protect the services and the data that our people rely upon.”
Ossian Smyth TD, Minister of State
The guidelines aim to provide organisations with an improved understanding of cyber security risks and challenges to be addressed when specifying their requirements for ICT goods and services. They provide an easily understandable set of specifications that can be straightforwardly referenced by PSBs when they are planning the procurement of ICT goods and services.
These guidelines aim to reinforce the Cyber Security Baseline Standards and current and future EU legislative proposals including the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive and the NIS Directive revision (NIS2) and the EU Cyber Security Act Regulation. The publication also considers ongoing EU legislative proposals including the Cyber Resilience Act which aim to address market needs and protect consumers from insecure products by expanding cybersecurity rules to increase security on hardware and software products.
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