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Information/Cyber Security

As a data protection officer we are seeing a rise in the number of cyber attacks on organisations.  We often find that the fact an actual crime has been committed is sometimes overlooked in the panic and need to recover data and get operations back up and running.  According to the National Crime Agency (NCA) cyber crime continues to rise in scale and complexity, affecting essential services, businesses and private individuals.  Cyber crime costs the UK billions of pounds, causes untold damage and threatens national security.

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Information/Cyber Security

The British Computer Society (BCS) has recently published the biggest data leaks of 2023.  The leaks cover worldwide cyber attacks, but the lessons learned apply to organisations of all types all around the world.  The data breaches include The Guardian Newspaper, LastPass password manager, Royal Mail, MOVEit, Microsoft, The UK Electoral Commission.

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Best Practice Updates

We launched our Schools Best Practice area at the beginning of this term which includes specific guides and support for schools.  There is also a specific area for Trusts and the Central Team.  The Trusts Central Team section is a specific area for additional requirements and guidance for the central team of a trust and should be used in conjunction with the other tabs in the best practice area.  

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Information/Cyber Security

Several countries have pledged never to pay cyber criminal ransoms and to collectively work toward disrupting their financial systems.  The members affirmed their joint commitment to building their collective resilience to ransomware.  They will share data on ransomware perpetrators and techniques and establish a blacklist of information about digital wallets used to facilitate ransomware payments.

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Information/Cyber Security

The NSA and CISA Red and Blue teams recently shared the top ten cyber security misconfigurations.  The schools we have worked with that have suffered a cyber attack often find that there are configurations, upgrades or user access controls that were missed.  This advisory highlights all of those and more - these are not in-depth configurations, but often ones that are set up incorrectly and then not checked or updated as time goes by. Although the advisory is aimed at larger organisations, we think it applied to all and will help towards becoming more cyber resilient.

  1. The UK Online Safety Bill becomes an Act (Law)
  2. The importance of software updates (PaperCut vulnerability and Rhysida ransomware)
  3. Ransomware, extortion and the cyber crime ecosystem
  4. Cyber Resource: The Cyber Resilience Centre Group
  5. Email and Security: ICO recent guidance
  6. Help after a Cyber Attack/Incident
  7. What to do in the event of a Cyber Attack
  8. How KCSIE is linked to Cyber Strategy
  9. Cyber Crime: AI Generated Phishing Attacks
  10. Cyber Attack: Exam Boards
  11. VICE SOCIETY - Ransomware attacks on schools
  12. Using Tags if you are a group of organisations in the DPE Knowledge Bank
  13. Where's Harry the Hacker?
  14. Be Cyber Aware: USB Sticks
  15. Cyber Insurance in the Public Sector
  16. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDos Attack (Microsoft DDoS Attack in June)
  17. Cyber Attack: Leytonstone School
  18. Be Cyber Aware: Firewalls
  19. Be Cyber Aware: Cyber attacks and transparency. A no blame culture
  20. Cyber Attack: Dorchester School
  21. Knowledge Bank Role Types: Admin, Staff and Trustee
  22. Types of Cyber Attacks: Password Attacks
  23. Be Cyber Aware: Why regular software updates are important
  24. Cyber Attack: Wiltshire School
  25. Keeping your IT systems safe and secure
  26. Why we recommend using PIN codes on printers
  27. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDoS Attacks
  28. Types of Cyber Attacks: Phishing
  29. Redaction Guidelines Updated
  30. Types of Cyber Attacks: The Insider Threat
  31. Why your data is profitable to cyber criminals
  32. Using WhatsApp in Schools
  33. Knowledge Bank Updates
  34. Types of malware and how they are linked to data protection
  35. Windows Server 2012 & 2012 R2 Retirement
  36. How to contact us for support, subject access requests, data breaches and FOI's
  37. How a school fought back after a cyberattack
  38. Types of Cyber Attacks - Credential Stuffing
  39. January Cyber update - How Can Schools Help Prevent Cyber Attacks?
  40. Assigning courses to staff using to-dos
  41. The Education sector now at highest risk of cyber attacks
  42. Cyber Attacks
  43. Best Practice for Managing Photos and Video
  44. Compliance Manager released
  45. Emails – good practice and minimising the risk of a data breach

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