Designing a user-centred cyber assessment service for local government
We’re taking an iterative, user-centred design approach to building and introducing the cyber assessment service for local government.
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Developing a service to assess and understand cyber resilience in local government
The DLUHC Local Digital team is supporting councils in England to build their cyber resilience. Through our work to date, we know that one of the challenges councils face is having a clear baseline standard to assess their cyber security. To address this, DLUHC will be introducing the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) for Local Government in 2024.
National Apprenticeship Week: my journey to become a cyber security apprentice
Tarun recently completed his cyber security apprenticeship in the department. To mark National Apprenticeship Week, Tarun shares how he found his career in cyber security and what he has learnt on his apprenticeship journey.
Insights from the Cyber Assessment Framework for Local Government pilot
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.
Round 6 of the Local Digital Fund is open for applications
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Cyber, Local Digital, Local Digital Declaration, Local Digital Fund
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 …
Piloting a Cyber Assessment Framework for Local Government
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.
Reflections on my time as the Head of Local Digital
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Cyber, Digital Planning, Local Digital, Local Digital Declaration, Local Digital Fund, Local Digital Team
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 …
Exciting next steps for Local Digital and Cyber
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Cyber, Local Digital, Local Digital Declaration, Local Digital Fund, Local Digital Team
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.
The Cyber Support team’s technical remediation and support activities
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 …
Kicking off the Cyber Health Framework Alpha phase
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’ …
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