LGA Security Testing for Local Authorities

The Local Government Association (LGA) is working with roughly 10% (32) of Local Government Authorities in England to offer a variety of security tests (external, internal and application-based tests) to determine current levels of risk and to produce action plans for improvements. The LGA also wishes to gain an understanding of common issues and levels of vulnerability across the 10%, through uniform reporting of statistical information. The LGA will be using the Cyber Security Services 3 DPS to procure these tests for the 32 participating authorities. We have taken a pre-approved list of suppliers from this DPS and will be directly contacting them. The authorities we will be working…