The Information and Cybersecurity journey in the Local Authority has been painfully long, starting from being an obscure, outright invisible and isolated tick-box exercise, with no appreciable business benefits to becoming pivotal to innovation, business and service improvements. Having previously been looked upon as a blocker to progress, but now the vehicle to effective digital transformation, increased productivity, confidence in building trusts amongst partners and providing a seamless service across borders.The journey so far:Working in silos; no clear definition of what is expectedA more structured approach sponsored by the Central GovernmentWe must collaborate if we are to surviveZero Tolerance ApproachDigital Transformation and opportunitiesThe shift from being a blocker to becoming an enablerBoard level responsibility for Cyber SecurityGenuine Risk-Based Approach