# Governments and public services: its php2shell risk register

> Research: collected from outside sources and what this site derives from them; every fact links to a saved copy of its source.

The fractal risk register for Governments and public services: 3 risks assigned to it or arriving through its parts, the part it plays in each and who it shares them with.

[Stakeholders](../index.html) / [Everyone with PHP in the path](../../../grc/stakeholders/world/index.html) / [Organisations running PHP](../../../grc/stakeholders/operators/index.html) / Governments and public services

# Governments and public services: its risk register

Ministries, agencies and councils: the Netherlands, Finland and Latvia took services offline; UK councils and the Met Police were unavailable.

**Kind** group · **Assigned here** 1 · **In its register** 3 · in the story as [The Dutch government and NCSC-NL](../../../actors/index.html#rijksoverheid), [Valtori and NCSC-FI](../../../actors/index.html#valtori)

## The register

Assigned here, or arriving through a part of this stakeholder. The part played is the one recorded for whoever holds the assignment.

| Risk | Rating | Kind | Part played | Controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [R04 Services lost to precautionary shutdowns](../../../grc/risks/r04/index.html) | **20** critical | Operational | **owner** | [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.29](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-29), [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.30](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-30), [NIS2 Art.21(2)(c)](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-21-2-c), [DORA Art.11](../../../grc/frameworks/dora/index.html#c-art-11) +2 |
| [R04-1 National government services offline](../../../grc/risks/r04-1/index.html) | **20** critical | Operational | *through* [National governments](../../../grc/stakeholders/national-gov/index.html) (owner) | [NIS2 Art.21(2)(c)](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-21-2-c), [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.29](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-29), [NIST CSF 2.0 RC.RP-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-rc-rp-01) |
| [R04-2 Councils and police offline without saying why](../../../grc/risks/r04-2/index.html) | **15** high | Reputational | *through* [Local councils](../../../grc/stakeholders/councils/index.html) (owner) | [Cyber Essentials SUM](../../../grc/frameworks/cyberessentials/index.html#c-sum), [NIST CSF 2.0 RS.CO-03](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-rs-co-03), [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.24](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-24) |

## Where its risks sit

| Likelihood / impact | 1 Minor | 2 Moderate | 3 Significant | 4 Major | 5 Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Happening | 5 | 10 | 15 [R04-2](../../../grc/risks/r04-2/index.html) | 20 [R04](../../../grc/risks/r04/index.html) [R04-1](../../../grc/risks/r04-1/index.html) | 25 |
| 4 Likely | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 Possible | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 Unlikely | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 1 Rare | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

## Its parts
- [Local councils](../../../grc/stakeholders/councils/index.html): 1 risks
- [National governments](../../../grc/stakeholders/national-gov/index.html): 1 risks

## Who it shares risks with

[People who need a service that went offline](../../../grc/stakeholders/service-users/index.html) (1), [Agencies and CERTs](../../../grc/stakeholders/agencies/index.html) (1), [Board and executives](../../../grc/stakeholders/board/index.html) (1), [Communications team](../../../grc/stakeholders/comms/index.html) (1)

## The standards its register touches

[ISO/IEC 27001](../../frameworks/iso27001/index.html) (3), [NIST CSF 2.0](../../frameworks/nistcsf/index.html) (2), [NIS2](../../frameworks/nis2/index.html) (1), [DORA](../../frameworks/dora/index.html) (1), [NIST SP 800-53](../../frameworks/nist80053/index.html) (1), [Cyber Essentials](../../frameworks/cyberessentials/index.html) (1)


---
site v0.8.1 · data as of 2026-10-22T11:34Z · vault commit 200d08971937 · https://php.oct.2026.newsroom.sgit.ai/grc/stakeholders/public-sector/index.html