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Minister McEntee publishes General Scheme of landmark Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill You are here: Home Minister McEntee publishes General Scheme of landmark Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill   Major draft new law recognises that community safety does not rest with An Garda Síochána alone, but requires all State services to work with local communities Independent oversight of An Garda Síochána to be strengthened through a new Policing and Community Safety Authority, which will be provided with extra inspection powers Ombudsman to be given greater independence and...

Plans for significant reform of Garda accountability 07:29 Tuesday, 27 April 2021 Share it Plans to significantly reform the accountability of An Garda Siochana are going before cabinet Ministers today. The Bill from Justice Minister Helen McEntee would create a single Garda Ombudsman and make GSOC more independent of the wider force. The Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill is being talked up in government as the biggest reform of policing in a generation. Largely based on the report from the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland it would see strengthening of the independen...

ENISA Publishes Threat Landscape Reports for 2020 On October 20, 2020, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity ("ENISA") published a series of reports on the threat landscape in 2020. The reports focused on, among other things, malware, data breaches, ransomware attacks, information leakage, and phishing attacks. The reports identified and evaluated the top cybersecurity threats for the period of January 2019-April 2020. ENISA Publishes Guidelines for Securing the IoT Supply Chain On November 9, 2020, ENISA published guidelines on securing the supply chain for the IoT. The guidelines ad...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On 1 January 2021, significant reforms to Australia's foreign investment regime, also known as the FIRB regime, commenced. With a focus on national security issues, the Australian Government has introduced a new national security test, expanded the powers of the Treasurer relating to national security matters, strengthened compliance and enforcement tools and more. In this insight, we explore some of the key changes to the FIRB regime and proposed amendments to the Security of Critical Inf...

February 25, 2021 Japan's military performed 25 missions in 2020 in defense of US ships or planes, a sign of the growing integration of two of Asia's most powerful armed forces.— Courtesy photo HONG KONG — Japan's military performed 25 missions in 2020 in defense of US ships or planes, a sign of the growing integration of two of Asia's most powerful armed forces. The number of what Japan calls "asset protection" missions was up from 14 in 2019 amid a "severe security environment," according to an announcement from Japan's Ministry of Defense. The Japanese military said...