Guidance

Cyber Implementation Plan (CIP)

Archived Cyber Implementation Plan (CIP) guidance and templates for Cyber Security Model version 3 only.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 23 December 2022
• Last updated: 3 November 2025
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  1. 3 November 2025

     Archived: Cyber Implementation Plan (CIP) guidance and templates.

  2. 21 February 2024

     Updated 'Cyber Implementation Plan (CIP) guidance'.

  3. 24 January 2024

     Updated 'CIP template - high risk' and 'CIP template - low risk'. Added 'CIP template - moderate risk' and 'CIP template - very low risk'.

  4. 6 February 2023

     'CIP template - high risk' updated.

  5. 23 December 2022

     First published.

Documents

[Archived] CSMv3 Cyber Implementation Plan (CIP) guidance

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[Archived] CSMv3 Cyber Implementation Plan (CIP) guidance

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[Archived] CSMv3 CIP template - high risk

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[Archived] CSMv3 CIP template - high risk

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[Archived] CSMv3 CIP template - low risk

PDF, 336 KB, 2 pages

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[Archived] CSMv3 CIP template - low risk

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[Archived] CSMv3 CIP template - moderate risk

PDF, 348 KB, 4 pages

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[Archived] CSMv3 CIP template - moderate risk

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[Archived] CSMv3 CIP template - very low risk

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[Archived] CSMv3 CIP template - very low risk

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Details

The archived CIP guidance and templates on this page are for Cyber Security Model version 3 only. See the Cyber Improvement Plan for the Cyber Security Model version 4 template.

Unless explicitly directed by MOD, the latest version of published templates must always be used. Guidance for completing a CIP under CSMv4.