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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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