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An overview of current issues and practice relating to local government cyber security in England and Wales

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  • Brett, Mark

    (London Metropolitan University, UK)

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This paper explores some of the current issues around cyber security and resilience relating to local government in England and Wales, covering the period of the current National Cyber Security Programme from 2015 to 2020. The paper outlines the structure of cyber security and resilience and explains the linkages at a regional and devolved administration level in the case of Wales and UK national level. The paper introduces the concept of a cyber asset taxonomy to quantify cyber artefacts, to aid the early warning of organisations with particular type of equipment, systems and services. There is also discussion around a volunteer-led CyberShare Node/Fusion Cell structure to aid incident response in a cost-effective way. Finally, there is a description of current research which will result in future papers.

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  • Brett, Mark, 2021. "An overview of current issues and practice relating to local government cyber security in England and Wales," Cyber Security: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 4(4), pages 330-344, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:csj000:y:2021:v:4:i:4:p:330-344
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    Keywords

    local government; cyber security; cyber resilience; incident response; incident coordination; cyber asset taxonomy;
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    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management

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