Award of Cyber Incident Response Services for Local Government to KPMG LLP

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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government awarded a contract to KPMG LLP for a Cyber Incident Response (CIR) service to support English local authorities in responding to sophisticated and bespoke cyberattacks.

The service operates under the National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) incident classification framework, activating at C3 and above or at lower levels as deemed necessary by MHCLG.

KPMG LLP, as an NCSC Assured Service Provider (ASP), will work with MHCLG to introduce the service to local government and integrate it into existing incident management processes for 24/7 access.

Local authorities report incidents to the NCSC, and upon categorization and threshold activation or MHCLG approval, they receive incident response support.

The contract is for one year with an option to extend for up to four additional years in one-yearly increments.

MHCLG appointed two suppliers, with service activation rotating between them; both may be deployed for events impacting multiple local authorities.

The contract value is £18,500,000.