The Cyber Resilience Model Policy is an overarching policy, which will include references to other more detailed policies within a local government body, such as disaster recovery, incident response and data protection, among others. In addition, there may be other relevant national-level policies or legislation that cover areas of cyber resilience across areas such as telecommunications or energy networks (falling under critical national infrastructure categories), which may supersede this policy. This model policy is intended to give more local-level coordination and identification of key digital infrastructure than may be covered at a national level. In each instance, local governments should ensure that all the relevant policies are aligned and complementary.
This policy could also be used in conjunction with resilience assessment tools and frameworks.
This policy focuses on the digital aspects of local government service provision, including “connected places/smart city” products and services, and does not include broader aspects of environmental, economic or social resilience.