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📢🏛️ We've published some new resources for governing bodies about data protection and cyber security.  Governors can be added to our Knowledge Bank platform as part of your subscription with us at no extra charge.

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🔄☁️ Having a robust backup is being prepared against data loss and data theft.  March 31st is World Backup day to remind everyone of the importance of having a robust and accessible backup.

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🤖🕒 Most meetings we are having with schools at the moment feature conversations and questions around the use of AI by staff in  organisations.  It's clear the landscape is rapidly evolving and education may not be moving as fast, however, it does help to be prepared.

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💻 ⚠️ Arbor recently announced that it was including some AI as part of it's default configuration - some customers have raised questions about this with us.

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✅📃 An MIS (management information system) is a critical part of the school's day to day operations and digital infrastructure.  They can be on premise or in the cloud, which means contract terms can differ.  We highlight the latest guidance alongside what is already data protection law - you should follow this, even if you are procuring your MIS through your local authority or third party IT provider.

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📸✅ It's World Book Day on the 6th March when most schools will be celebrating reading and capturing photos of staff and students in their costumes.   Given this is one of many significant photographic events in the calendar, we thought it was a good opportunity to remind everyone of photo and video best practice.

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Some of our customers have been affected by the data breach reported by the HCRG Care Group.  The group is currently investigating claims by a ransomware group that more than two terabytes of sensitive information has been breached.

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✅🔍 We visit a lot of schools and have a lot of conversations about documentation we are asked to provide as new and returning visitors to organisations. Sometimes we don't agree with what the organisation is asking for, so we thought we'd give some clarification about regulatory requirements.

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🎥🤖  Some of the organisations we are talking to are a little confused about AI, whether they should use it and if their staff already are using it or not.  We've put together a short video explaining the different types of AI, the risks and how you should start documenting your use.

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🛡️🔒We couldn't get through today without mentioning it's Safer Internet Day today (11th February).  And while we don't need a special day to talk about being safe online, cyber security and data protection, we welcome any chance to highlight how important they all are.

  1. New Data Protection Fees
  2. School shares sensitive pupil information as part of an FOI response
  3. AI (Artificial Intelligence) Best Practice Area & Policy
  4. Blacon High School Cyber Attack
  5. WhatsApp and FOI's: ICO Warnings
  6. New AI Guidance from the DfE
  7. The role of Passkeys in Cyber Resilience and Cyber Security
  8. What the proposed Government legislative proposal around cyber crime means
  9. DPE Webinar Schedule
  10. ICO report on AI tools in recruitment
  11. DfE update to record keeping and management
  12. Update to data sharing for school immunisation programmes
  13. Early Years Settings and Cyber Security
  14. SLT Digital Lead Profile
  15. Ransomware-Resistant Backups
  16. The role of governors in cyber security and data protection
  17. DfE Digital Standards Webinars 2025
  18. Navigating Privacy at the End of Term , Special Occasions and End of Year
  19. Effectively communicating during a cyber incident
  20. Contracts Register
  21. South East Technological University has experienced a cyber incident
  22. Safeguarding Identity in Microsoft 365: Protecting the UK Education Sector Against Cyber Threats
  23. DfE Digital Standards Autumn Update
  24. The importance of knowing how to access your CCTV footage!
  25. Cyber Attack on a Special School
  26. Stealing children's data
  27. What is dark data? (and why does it matter?)
  28. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 31. On the road to cyber essentials
  29. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 24. Backups
  30. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 30. Support
  31. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 29. Admin controls
  32. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 28. Phishing
  33. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 27. Passwords
  34. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 26. Physical Security
  35. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 25. Server Security
  36. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 23. Filtering and Monitoring
  37. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 22. Hardware: Printers
  38. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 21. Hardware: Asset Control
  39. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 20. Hardware: Safe disposal
  40. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 19. Anti-virus/anti-malware
  41. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 18. Regular Updates
  42. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 17. Access Control (Users)
  43. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 16. Access Control (Wi-Fi/Network access)
  44. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 15. Access Control (working from home/off site)
  45. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 14. Access Control (MFA)
  46. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 13. Awareness
  47. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 12. Training
  48. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 11. Policies and Procedures
  49. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 10. Assess where you are with cyber security
  50. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 9. A guide for education providers
  51. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 8. How can your organisation prevent Ransomware attacks?
  52. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 7. What does a Ransomware attack on a school look like?
  53. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 6. Cyber Action Plan
  54. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 5. Responsibilities
  55. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 4. What to do in a cyber attack
  56. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 3. Data Security
  57. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 2. Privacy Protection
  58. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 1. Why is cyber security important?
  59. Ofqual highlights the value of cyber security training in schools
  60. Searching for data when you receive a Subject Access Request
  61. Fylde Coast Academy Trust Cyber Attack This Week
  62. Calling all IT leads in schools and mult academy trusts!
  63. Ransomware cyber attack on a school in Bromley
  64. Join Our Social Media Family!
  65. School hit by Cyber Attack
  66. New Academic Year Kick-Off!
  67. New e-learning for 2024
  68. Cyber Security Best Practice Area
  69. DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges Tracker
  70. New Policies, Documents, Letters and Posters page
  71. Schools and Trusts Best Practice Area
  72. The DPE Retention Schedule
  73. Making the Rounds Update (now includes reporting)
  74. ESFA Cyber Essentials Requirement for Colleges from 2024/2025
  75. ICO Reprimands a School
  76. How does the recent global IT outage affect me?
  77. King's speech introduces new bills in relation to cyber security, smart data and digital information
  78. Navigating Privacy at the End of Term , Special Occasions and End of Year
  79. Out of date technology
  80. Data Retention and the Pupil File
  81. Have you assigned your SLT Digital Lead yet?
  82. What's a Cyber Incident and what should we do?
  83. Getting Started with AI (Artificial Intelligence)
  84. Cyber attack on a school during half term
  85. Free short cyber training for staff
  86. UPDATE: The Upcoming Election and The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
  87. Update to the DfE Digital Cyber Security Standards for Schools and Colleges (May 2024)
  88. The rise of cyber attacks in schools are causing pupils to miss classes
  89. ICO: Learning from the mistakes of others report
  90. Children's mental health data leaked after a cyber attack
  91. Cyber attack on a Trust; the aftermath
  92. School Focus: The Vale Federation | Aylesbury
  93. DfE Dealing with Subject Access Requests (SARs) Guidance
  94. Update to the Guidance on Information Sharing from the DfE
  95. Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2024 (Education Institutions)
  96. Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2024 (Businesses and Charities)
  97. FOI Requests generated by Artificial Intelligence
  98. Social Media Best Practice Area
  99. Lettings Best Practice Area
  100. Appropriate filtering and monitoring definitions
  101. MFA Bombing - What is it?
  102. Protecting your Social Media Accounts
  103. Why we recommend using checklists
  104. Product Focus on Checklists : Initial Trust Plan
  105. Product Focus on Checklists : End of Term Checklist
  106. Product Focus on Checklists : Information and Cyber Security
  107. Product Focus on Checklists : Social Media
  108. Cyber Incident Review: The Benefits
  109. Product Focus on Checklists : Lettings
  110. Product Focus on Checklists : Record of Processing
  111. Milk Island: The secret location that allows children to view restricted content on Google Maps
  112. Why Data Should Stay Put: Benefits of Keeping Data in Its Original System
  113. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Retention and Destruction
  114. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Migration
  115. Product Focus on Checklists : Biometrics
  116. Product Focus on Checklists : Supplier Due Diligence
  117. Free Cyber help, advice and training with the Cyber Resilience Centres
  118. The Perils of Paper: The Printing Vulnerability
  119. Product Focus on Checklists : FOI
  120. Product Focus on Checklists : Governors and Data
  121. Product Focus on Checklists : DPIA
  122. Product Focus on Checklists : Site Moves
  123. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Breaches
  124. Product Focus on Checklists : Subject Access Requests
  125. Cyber attack on a University
  126. Product Focus on Checklists : Bring your own device
  127. Product Focus on Checklists : Working out of school/offsite
  128. Cyber Attack on a School
  129. Product Focus on Checklists : Redaction
  130. Major cyber-criminal gang Lockbit brought down by UK Law Enforcement
  131. Why Due Diligence is Important: Fake apps
  132. Product Focus on Checklists : CCTV
  133. Product Focus on Checklists : Clear desk
  134. Product Focus on Checklists : Commitment to compliance
  135. Product Focus on Checklists : Photos and video
  136. Product Focus on Checklists : Passwords
  137. Product Focus on Checklists : Information Classification
  138. Safer Internet Day 2024
  139. Kent Councils Data Breach
  140. Free cyber training for staff
  141. DfE Digital Standards Update
  142. The Mother of all Breaches
  143. ClassCharts Possible Data Breach
  144. Where is your data stored?
  145. IAPP looks at AI privacy risks
  146. If you suspect a financial scam .....
  147. Guardians of Privacy: 16. Social Media Checklist
  148. Guardians of Privacy: 15. Navigating Social Media in Educational Settings Summary
  149. Guardians of Privacy: 14. Social Media and Cyber Bullying
  150. Guardians of Privacy: 13. Social Media, Copyright and Intellectual Property
  151. Guardians of Privacy: 12. Social Media and Going Viral
  152. Guardians of Privacy: 11. Staff Social Media Accounts
  153. Guardians of Privacy: 10. Social Media and Cookies
  154. Guardians of Privacy: 9. Social Media and Morality
  155. New Resources for Schools from the ICO
  156. Guardians of Privacy: 8. Social Media Policies
  157. Guardians of Privacy: 7. Social Media Data Retention
  158. Guardians of Privacy: 6. Posting Safely
  159. Guardians of Privacy: 5. Social Media and Consent
  160. Guardians of Privacy: 4. Social Media Access Control
  161. Guardians of Privacy: 3. Social Media Channels
  162. Guardians of Privacy: 2. Law and Regulations
  163. Guardians of Privacy: 1. Social media, privacy and children
  164. Latest ICO Reprimand. Mr. S. Claus, Chief Executive Officer, North Pole Enterprises
  165. Phishing attacks targeting schools - alert from City of London Police
  166. The Data Protection And Digital Information Bill (DPADI)
  167. The ICO reprimands a Multi Academy Trust
  168. KCSIE: Filtering, Monitoring and Privacy
  169. Guidance for the use of school email and applying email retention in schools
  170. CISA and UK NCSC Announce Joint Guidelines for Secure AI System Development
  171. Data Protection Tips for Early Years Settings
  172. Children's Privacy around the world is a puzzle
  173. Trust Initial Plan Checklist Update
  174. Update on Advisory for Rhysida Ransomware
  175. Records Management Best Practice Update
  176. Governors and Data Best Practice Area Update
  177. The Crime in a Cyber Attack and a Data Breach
  178. What do I need to redact?
  179. NCSC Annual Review is published for 2023
  180. Learning from Data Breaches
  181. Windows 11 security ineffective against attacks on old devices
  182. Trust Initial Plan for Data Protection Compliance (for Multi Academy Trusts)
  183. International Counter Ransomware Initiative 2023 Joint Statement
  184. Google for Education Resources: Helping IT Admins meet DfE digital and technology standards
  185. Resistant Cloud Backups
  186. Top Ten Cyber Security Misconfigurations
  187. Lettings Best Practice and Guidance
  188. ICO Reprimand: company suffered a ransomware attack
  189. The UK Online Safety Bill becomes an Act (Law)
  190. Considerations when migrating to a new MIS
  191. The importance of software updates (PaperCut vulnerability and Rhysida ransomware)
  192. Public bodies and sensitive data
  193. Adding offline bulk training using the Certificates function
  194. Ransomware, extortion and the cyber crime ecosystem
  195. Get a DPE Badge for your website!
  196. ICO: 10 Step guide to sharing information to safeguard children
  197. Schools under Cyber Attack: September 2023
  198. Cyber Resource: The Cyber Resilience Centre Group
  199. Email and Security: ICO recent guidance
  200. Help after a Cyber Attack/Incident
  201. Social Media Policy
  202. Data Protection and Cyber Security (Inset Day) Training Ideas
  203. Changes to Microsoft Free Licensing for Schools
  204. What to do in the event of a Cyber Attack
  205. Cyber Crime: AI Generated Phishing Attacks
  206. Handling Freedom of Information Requests the right way
  207. Cyber Attack: Exam Boards
  208. VICE SOCIETY - Ransomware attacks on schools
  209. Using Tags if you are a group of organisations in the DPE Knowledge Bank
  210. Where's Harry the Hacker?
  211. Be Cyber Aware: USB Sticks
  212. Cyber Insurance in the Public Sector
  213. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDos Attack (Microsoft DDoS Attack in June)
  214. Cyber Attack: Manchester University
  215. Cyber Attack: Leytonstone School
  216. The ICO Reprimands a school
  217. Be Cyber Aware: Firewalls
  218. Subject Access Requests (SARs)
  219. Be Cyber Aware: Cyber attacks and transparency. A no blame culture
  220. Cyber Attack: Dorchester School
  221. Knowledge Bank Role Types: Admin, Staff and Trustee
  222. Types of Cyber Attacks: Password Attacks
  223. Be Cyber Aware: Why regular software updates are important
  224. Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2023
  225. Cyber Attack: Wiltshire School
  226. Keeping your IT systems safe and secure
  227. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDoS Attacks
  228. Types of Cyber Attacks: Phishing
  229. Types of Cyber Attacks: The Insider Threat
  230. Why your data is profitable to cyber criminals
  231. Using WhatsApp in Schools
  232. The Changes to Data Protection in the UK
  233. Knowledge Bank Updates
  234. Types of malware and how they are linked to data protection
  235. Striking Data Breach
  236. Windows Server 2012 & 2012 R2 Retirement
  237. How to contact us for support, subject access requests, data breaches and FOI's
  238. YouTube breached child protection laws
  239. How a school fought back after a cyberattack
  240. Types of Cyber Attacks - Credential Stuffing
  241. January Cyber update - How Can Schools Help Prevent Cyber Attacks?
  242. End of Windows 8.1 Support
  243. Assigning courses to staff using to-dos
  244. How the Record of Processing Can Help You
  245. Information Security Basics: What are VPN's?
  246. What does a Data Protection Officer Do?
  247. Are you ready for a Data Breach?
  248. Blog: Best Practice on the Retention of Child Protection Information
  249. Carrying out Supplier Due Diligence
  250. Email and retention periods
  251. How Long Should You Keep Personal Data For?
  252. The Education sector now at highest risk of cyber attacks
  253. How to Assess your Data Security
  254. Schools Blocked from Using Facial Recognition Systems
  255. Sharing this year’s Nativity play online
  256. A quick introduction to the Phishing Simulation tool
  257. The Children's Code
  258. Recording vaccination of staff
  259. B&H FoI: Racist/religious incidents/bullying
  260. Cyber Attacks
  261. Protocol for Setting Up and Delivery of Online Teaching and Learning
  262. Class Dojo International Data Sharing
  263. Model Publication Scheme: Amendments, Improvements and Updates
  264. Child friendly privacy notices
  265. Transparency
  266. Parents and students covertly recording conversations
  267. SAR? ER? FOI?
  268. Secure file transfer of files using Royal Mail
  269. Emergency contacts and consent
  270. Key elements of a successful DPIA
  271. FOI Publication Schemes
  272. SHARE: Avoid disinformation online
  273. Best Practice for Managing Photos and Video
  274. New Drip Feeds: Recognise and Respond to Subject Access Request
  275. When to contact the Data Protection Officer?
  276. National child measurement programme
  277. Make sure DPE is your registered DPO with the ICO
  278. Compliance Manager released
  279. Headteacher fined for breach of data protection legislation
  280. Emails – good practice and minimising the risk of a data breach

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