A budget of €8.5 million will be allocated to combat future cyberattacks, Deputy Minister of Research Nicodemos Damianou told the House audit committee on Thursday.
“For the first time, we have allocated a significant amount – €8.5 million – to strengthen cybersecurity mechanisms,” Damianou said, noting that years of underinvestment had left the public sector’s technical infrastructure particularly vulnerable to cyber threats.
Despite recent upgrades, he emphasised that security systems
