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Rising to the cyber defence challenge
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 looks at the latest developments

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...

CYBER SECURITY

A grab-bag of support

By Sarah Slate | 30 April 2025

A new tool is available to strengthen local government’s collective resilience against cyber thre...

CYBER SECURITY

Learning from a cyber crisis

By Steven Sharples | 30 April 2025

Steven Sharples reviews the lessons from a cyber attack at St Helens MBC and how the experience l...

SKILLS

Investing in cyber expertise

By Dr Claudia Natanson | 28 March 2025

Cyber professionalisation is a strategic imperative for the public sector, says Dr Claudia Natanson

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Engineering Team Manager (Transportation)   

£53,460 - £56,732

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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Programme Director (LGR Transition)

£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)

Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job

Hertfordshire County Council

Lead Technical Architect

£51,356 - £55,539 per annum

Are you ready to step into a pivotal leadership role where your vision will define the future of the council’s entire technology landscape? Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

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