On 9 February 2021, Cabinet:-
(i) Approved
the Cyber Security Strategy (Appendix A to the report) and specifically option
1 from Section 4.4 and delegates authority to the Deputy Leader, the Chief
Financial Officer and the Director Digital and Customer Services to implement;
(ii) Noted
the additional funding requirement for the ICT & Digital Strategy of
£12,428,695 (In section 9.3 Option 1) to fund the implementation of the Cyber
Security Strategy. This is made up of £12.003m revenue funding, following a
contribution of £1.1m from the net controllable ICT service budget, and £0.425m
of capital funding, after a contribution of £1.775m from the technical refresh
programme. This requirement will form
part of the standard budget setting process with the financial plan that will
go to cabinet in February for approval;
(iii) Authorised
the City Solicitor to negotiate, execute, seal and complete all necessary
agreements and documentation to give effect to the above recommendations;
(iv) Noted
that Cabinet will receive a performance report of the implementation of the
Cyber Security Strategy as part of the yearly update to Cabinet as part of the
ICT & Digital Strategy performance report;
(v) Recommended
that the performance of the Cyber Security Strategy will be reported and
monitored by the Council’s Audit Committee.
THE DEADLINE
FOR CALL IN IS 1600 HOURS ON MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2021.