The first phase of the Cyber Assessment Framework for local government pilot has seen us undertake more than 50 hours of workshops with 10 councils from across England. As this phase comes to an end, we’re keen to share some initial insights and feedback with you before we move into the next phase.
We’re excited to announce that Round 6 of the Local Digital Fund is now open for applications from council-led digital projects. In this latest round, we’re inviting local authorities to submit proposals for Discovery, Alpha and Beta projects to make …
This Autumn, the Local Digital team will be working with a small cohort of councils to help establish a clear and comprehensive cyber resilience standard for local government in England.
May-N presenting at an event for local government This week brings to a close my two and a half years as Head of the Local Digital Collaboration Unit (LDCU). In this blog post, I want to reflect back on the …
The Local Digital and Cyber teams are going to be making some exciting changes over the next few months, backed by multi-year funding to the tune of £85 million.
During the cyber security discovery last year, we identified five areas of opportunity for MHCLG to support councils in improving their cyber health. One of these areas was technical remediation: providing support to councils identified through the survey on mitigating …
In June 2020 the Local Digital Cyber team completed a discovery into cyber security at local authorities. We found that: There are many cyber standards, but no clear baseline. An effective cyber baseline must encompass culture, leadership and ‘cyber first’ …
The Local Digital Collaboration Unit Cyber team has come to the end of a two-month discovery into cyber security at local authorities. The purpose of the discovery was to investigate how MHCLG might support local authorities to reduce the incidence …
The Local Digital Collaboration Unit have published their findings from a 40-day pre-discovery into cyber security in local authorities. The team set out to form a picture of the current cyber security threats, challenges and capabilities that exist at a …
The Local Digital team have started work on a pre-discovery to understand how we can better support local government on cyber security. Read about the work being planned into reducing cyber risks and becoming more cyber resilient across the sector.