About this project:

Local Digital is a nation-wide movement to support the delivery of better public services. Our cyber health programme aims to help councils become more resilient to cyber attacks.

We’re aiming to develop a framework of cyber security standards and guidance that local authorities can apply in order to achieve a minimum level of cyber health and assess where they are against this level.


Who we are looking to speak to:

We would like to speak to you if you are working within a local authority or a supporting service, and have responsibility or involvement within the following:

- Senior Leadership Team
- Strategic staff(BAs, project managers etc)
- Service Managers
- Chief Information Officers


About the research session:

Each session would be remote via a video conferencing tool (Microsoft Teams, Skype or Google Hangouts), or over the phone if you prefer.

Your research session will be approximately one hour long depending on your availability. During the session we’d like to discuss cyber security at your local authority, and ask you to review any early ideas or prototypes we've been developing.

* There is no financial incentive for this research session
* Your participation in the research is voluntary. You can take a break or stop at any time.
* There will be two people at the interview, one to ask questions and one to take notes.

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Personal information we collect and store:

For this research project we will need to collect some personal information about you (data which could identify you), this includes:

* Full name
* Job role
* Place of work

Only the project team will have access to your personal information. We are securely collecting and storing it on the project Google Drive in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK data protection legislation. Your consent form and contact details will be destroyed within one year after the project ends in March 2021., so we know what research you were part of if you have any questions. We will do our best to ensure your anonymity and keep your participation confidential. However, there may be limits to this, like if there are serious concerns about your safety or the safety of others. If you would like more information about the way we comply with data protection legislation, please get in touch using cyberhealth@localdigital.gov.uk.


Contact details:

If you have any questions or problems, you can email cyberhealth@localdigital.gov.uk.