DCMS Broadcast Sector Cyber Risk Reviews

Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Enabling the UK’s broadcast CNI to defend against cyber-attack ahead of Eurovision 2023 and the Coronation of King Charles III

Objective
Give the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) an evidence-based, CAF-aligned view of how effectively key broadcast organisations were protecting themselves—and the nation’s airwaves—from cyber-attack during a year of globally watched events.
Outcome
A suite of Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) reports, each with a clear, prioritised roadmap of improvements fully accepted by every organisation reviewed. DCMS gained the confidence that critical broadcasting operations could withstand and recover from cyber threats while the UK was in the international spotlight.

“The report provides a clear summary of a very comprehensive review of complex end-to-end operations, systems and cyber governance.

All the analysis was clear and concise and the recommendations were very well evidenced and accepted by the team. Much of this is due to your team’s care and professionalism in working with the organisation and securing buy-in from their senior team.”

Head of Broadcasting Security & Resilience, DCMS
Protecting live coverage of the nation’s biggest moments

Broadcast networks form part of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure—an attractive target for adversaries wanting to cause disruption or damage national reputation. With the Eurovision Song Contest and the Coronation of King Charles III on the horizon, DCMS commissioned 2T Security to assess how well key broadcasters could detect, resist and recover from cyber threats.

Working closely with technical leads, we ran in-depth workshops to map end-to-end architectures, operating processes and security controls. Using the National Cyber Security Centre’s CAF, we held frank, constructive discussions that surfaced strengths, gaps and planned investments across each organisation.

Our analysts distilled findings into concise reports that scored CAF objectives, explained residual risks and set out improvement actions ranked by priority and effort. We then briefed each senior leadership team, ensuring every recommendation was understood and agreed—laying the foundation for rapid remediation before the live events began.

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