Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Laying the foundations for the local public services of the future
The Local Digital Declaration includes a commitment to the continuous improvement of cyber security practice, to support the security, resilience and integrity of our digital services and systems.
As part of this, the Local Digital Cyber team is conducting two projects to support local authorities to reduce the incidence and impact of cyber attacks, and support sustainable cyber health.
Learn more about our active projects:
Subscribe to the Cyber newsletter to receive updates on our work, including events and news relevant to those working in and around local government cyber security. We also share updates in our fortnightly sprint notes, on the MHCLG Digital blog and on Twitter.
We will also be hosting regular Show and Tells to share our progress. Visit the Cyber Health or Cyber Support project pages to view upcoming dates and find out how to join us.
The Cyber team wrapped up a cyber security pre-discovery phase in May 2020 and completed a more in-depth discovery phase in July 2020.
Our main findings from the discovery were that:
You can read more about the discovery and pre-discovery work on the MHCLG Digital blog. You can also read the pre-discovery report (PDF).
We welcome further collaboration and input. If you would like to ask us a question or share any strong evidence to support our research, please email cyber@localdigital.gov.uk.
