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Getting ready for 'game-changer' Cyber Security Act: Five steps for councils
CYBER SECURITY

Getting ready for 'game-changer' Cyber Security Act: Five steps for councils

By Peter Jones | 26 May 2026

Peter Jones identifies key steps for boards to deliver their action plans and enhanced security practices, to ensure compliance with the Cyber Security Act.

HR

Levelling up cyber resilience

By Giles Grant | 08 May 2026

Giles Grant sets out how councils can use the new associate cyber security professional title to ...

HR

When support's on target

By James Malia | 29 April 2026

With a workforce under pressure, James Malia looks at what really keeps public sector staff engag...

DATA & DIGITAL

Rising to the cyber defence challenge

By Martin Ford | 12 March 2026

The landscape of cyber defence for local government has been undergoing an evolution. Martin Ford...

DATA & DIGITAL

Adding up the damage

By Dan Peters | 12 March 2026

A cyber attack on Gloucester City Council has had lasting repercussions, leading to the need for ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: LGA cyber insurance talks 'peter out'

By Dan Peters | 10 February 2026

The Local Government Association (LGA) is not currently taking forward a proposal for a cyber att...

CYBER SECURITY

Councils targeted by pro-Russia hackers

By Martin Ford | 03 February 2026

Councils have been warned that they have become prime targets for Russian hackers.

CYBER SECURITY

'Trust' key to cyber attack recovery

By Martin Ford | 16 December 2025

The leader of one of the London boroughs hit by a cyber attack has stressed the importance of tra...

CYBER SECURITY

Major cyber attack hits London councils

By Dan Peters | 26 November 2025

Multiple London councils are believed to have been targeted in a major cyber attack, leaving resi...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Expecting the unexpected

By Stephen Gaskell | 17 July 2025

Five years on from the easing of Covid restrictions, Stephen Gaskell says the sector proved that ...

POLITICS

Hollinrake warning over DOGE request

By Dan Peters | 13 June 2025

Requests for data by Reform UK’s DOGE unit are a ‘cyber-security disaster waiting to happen’, sha...

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Chief Executive

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Head of Operational Services

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South Derbyshire District Council is seeking an ambitious and commercially minded Head of Operational Services Apply for this job

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You’ll have a rare opportunity to influence how an entire council uses its assets Apply for this job

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