CYBER RESILIENCE & STATUTORY ASSURANCE

Cyber Resilience & Local Gov CAF Compliance

Council Cyber Resilience & Local Gov CAF Compliance provides institutional security architecture de-risking council services from ransomware, supply chain attacks, and cloud exposures. We implement NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and DLUHC Cyber Health standards to safeguard statutory continuity.

THE THREAT LANDSCAPE

Why Local Government is the Primary Target for Cyber Ransomware

Recent catastrophic cyber incidents across UK local authorities demonstrate that councils cannot treat security as an IT bolt-on. Stolen resident data, frozen housing payments, and offline social care records cost millions of pounds in recovery expenses and inflict irreversible reputational damage.

Civic Shift translates central government security mandates into practical, architected defence. Benchmarked against the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and DLUHC Cyber Health baseline, we implement Zero Trust network segmentation, immutable air-gapped backups, automated Microsoft Defender/Sentinel telemetry, and board-level disaster recovery playbooks.

Cyber Resilience Deliverables

  • ✓ NCSC CAF Audit & Gap Analysis: Rigorous assessment against the 4 CAF objectives and 14 principles.
  • ✓ Zero Trust & Identity Architecture: Conditional access, MFA enforcement, and privileged access management (PAM).
  • ✓ Air-Gapped Immutable Backups: Ensuring Day-1 service recovery is technically guaranteed even after total ransomware breach.
  • ✓ Audit Committee & Cabinet Playbooks: Non-technical executive risk matrices and incident response protocols.
ENGAGEMENT LEVELS

Cyber Resilience Delivery Tiers

Bronze Level
CAF Gap Analysis & Cyber Health Diagnostic

Comprehensive baseline assessment benchmarked against NCSC CAF indicators, DLUHC mandates, and PSN standards.

  • ✓ NCSC CAF baseline gap analysis
  • ✓ External attack surface scan
  • ✓ S151 & Audit Committee risk brief
  • ✓ Remediation priority matrix
Silver Level
Zero Trust Architecture & Recovery Blueprint

Technical blueprint establishing Zero Trust network segmentation, identity governance, and air-gapped immutable backup runbooks.

  • ✓ Zero Trust access architecture
  • ✓ Ransomware disaster recovery runbook
  • ✓ Air-gapped immutable backup design
  • ✓ Incident response playbook for Cabinets
Gold Level
Directorate-Wide Cyber Hardening & SIEM

Council-wide technical hardening across hybrid infrastructure, automated SIEM/SOC telemetry integration, and full supply chain assurance.

  • ✓ Hybrid cloud & data centre hardening
  • ✓ 3rd-party vendor supply chain audit
  • ✓ Microsoft Sentinel & Defender tuning
  • ✓ Cyber simulation & officer training
★ Platinum Level
Full Ownership of Problem (CAF & PSN Assurance)

Complete practice accountability for passing external DLUHC/PSN audits, resolving acute audit findings, and leading post-incident cyber recovery.

  • ✓ Direct accountability for audit accreditation
  • ✓ Embedded Interim Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
  • ✓ High-stakes crisis & ransomware recovery
  • ✓ Total resilience guarantee for statutory services