Minutes:
The Chairman welcomed and introduced Nathan Ryan from RAND
Europe to the Board to highlight the key findings from the recent stocktake
designed to capture councils’ cyber security arrangements - identifying
risks as well as good practice.
It was also explained that the overall stocktake structure asked 63
questions, which were divided into five main categories – with variations in
importance - which is reflected in the findings: leadership, governance,
partnerships, technology and training.
Members noted that there was a 100 per cent response rate from all pilot councils taking part for thisproject and the Board thanked officers for their work to secure this.
In the presentation, a RAG (Red/Amber/Green) “rating” had been used to
present the appropriate breakdown of scores for each council. Findings
showed that the overall RAG rating displayed 90 per cent of councils
scored in the Amber section, four per cent in the Green section and seven
per cent in the Red section.
Siobhan Coughlan, Programme Manager (Productivity), thanked Nathan
for presenting to the Board and stated that the findings presented a good
focus point for the LGA’s improvement work to go forward. Councils who
are on the lower end of the RAG rating have been contacted and offered
support to discuss the wider picture and identify how to progress and liaise
with the LGA. Councils are also being given the opportunity to bid for the
Grant of £1 million to address specific issues, deadline for first round is
November 2018. The next round of bidding will be January 2019.
The Board supported the idea that Council leaders need to understand
their RAG rating and get a breakdown of their results from the findings so
that they can hold their Chief Executives accountable and provide
constructive feedback.
Decision:
The Improvement and Innovation Board:
- Noted the findings presented on LGA Cyber Security
- Provided comments for officers to take forward.