Collage of photos: Harry the Hacker, Where's Harry training poster, seats at a training session, data protection education bag

Schools are back in full swing, and so is our work at Data Protection Education! This week, we’ve been busy with data walks, on-site training, and booking meetings across various schools to ensure data protection standards are up to date and effective.

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 Out of date technology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

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