🎄We've updated our end of term and end of year guidance, alongside advice for privacy considerations for special occasions (which also normally occur at the end of term, such as Christmas).
Schools & MATs
⚠️ On Friday 8th November South East Technological University (SETU) experienced a cyber security incident.
We are sharing some of blog posts by school ICT technicians and ICT managers that are giving their advice about keeping your school cyber secure and resilient.
📢 A special school in Devon has been the victim of a cyber attack and is being blackmailed by hackers.
In a Malwarebytes blog, author Mark Beare explains how your child's data can be stolen, and even more so if you have given medical or health data.
While we are focusing on cyber security and cyber resilience in October, Ofqual is reminding schools and colleges of the importance of cyber security after a poll highlighted the risks associated with poor cyber hygiene.
Sadly, we are letting you know about another cyber attack on a group of schools in Blackpool in the second week of term.
📢 We would like to announce that Data Protection Education are sponsoring the data protection discussion forum with the Association of Network Managers in Education.
A high school in south London was closed for the first part of this term due to a ransomware attack. Students were sent home advising parents that the school would be closed for three days while all staff devices were 'cleansed'.
Another school has been hit by a cyber attack, this time in Canvey Island, Essex, who say the cyber attack happened during the summer holidays.
The data protection officer is mentioned many times in the DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges as someone that should either be informed or consulted with. As part of that consultation process, we would like to announce our new DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges Tracker.
We've put all the specific school and trust related data protection guides, documents and queries into one area to make it easier for you.
- ESFA Cyber Essentials Requirement for Colleges from 2024/2025
- ICO Reprimands a School
- Out of date technology
- Data Retention and the Pupil File
- Have you assigned your SLT Digital Lead yet?
- What's a Cyber Incident and what should we do?
- Getting Started with AI (Artificial Intelligence)
- Cyber attack on a school during half term
- Update to the DfE Digital Cyber Security Standards for Schools and Colleges (May 2024)
- The rise of cyber attacks in schools are causing pupils to miss classes
- Cyber attack on a Trust; the aftermath
- School Focus: The Vale Federation | Aylesbury
- DfE Dealing with Subject Access Requests (SARs) Guidance
- Update to the Guidance on Information Sharing from the DfE
- Product Focus on Checklists : Initial Trust Plan
- Product Focus on Checklists : End of Term Checklist
- Product Focus on Checklists : Social Media
- Product Focus on Checklists : Lettings
- Milk Island: The secret location that allows children to view restricted content on Google Maps
- Free Cyber help, advice and training with the Cyber Resilience Centres
- The Perils of Paper: The Printing Vulnerability
- Product Focus on Checklists : Governors and Data
- Product Focus on Checklists : Site Moves
- Cyber attack on a University
- Product Focus on Checklists : Bring your own device
- Product Focus on Checklists : Working out of school/offsite
- Cyber Attack on a School
- Major cyber-criminal gang Lockbit brought down by UK Law Enforcement
- Product Focus on Checklists : Photos and video
- Safer Internet Day 2024
- Kent Councils Data Breach
- Free cyber training for staff
- DfE Digital Standards Update
- ClassCharts Possible Data Breach
- School Focus: St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | Brighton
- Guardians of Privacy: 16. Social Media Checklist
- Guardians of Privacy: 15. Navigating Social Media in Educational Settings Summary
- Guardians of Privacy: 14. Social Media and Cyber Bullying
- Guardians of Privacy: 13. Social Media, Copyright and Intellectual Property
- Guardians of Privacy: 12. Social Media and Going Viral
- Guardians of Privacy: 11. Staff Social Media Accounts
- Guardians of Privacy: 10. Social Media and Cookies
- Guardians of Privacy: 9. Social Media and Morality
- New Resources for Schools from the ICO
- Guardians of Privacy: 8. Social Media Policies
- Guardians of Privacy: 7. Social Media Data Retention
- Guardians of Privacy: 6. Posting Safely
- Guardians of Privacy: 5. Social Media and Consent
- Guardians of Privacy: 4. Social Media Access Control
- Guardians of Privacy: 3. Social Media Channels
- Guardians of Privacy: 2. Law and Regulations
- Guardians of Privacy: 1. Social media, privacy and children
- Phishing attacks targeting schools - alert from City of London Police
- The ICO reprimands a Multi Academy Trust
- Guidance for the use of school email and applying email retention in schools
- Data Protection Tips for Early Years Settings
- Trust Initial Plan Checklist Update
- Update on Advisory for Rhysida Ransomware
- Trust Initial Plan for Data Protection Compliance (for Multi Academy Trusts)
- Google for Education Resources: Helping IT Admins meet DfE digital and technology standards
- Lettings Best Practice and Guidance
- The UK Online Safety Bill becomes an Act (Law)
- Considerations when migrating to a new MIS
- The importance of software updates (PaperCut vulnerability and Rhysida ransomware)
- Public bodies and sensitive data
- ICO: 10 Step guide to sharing information to safeguard children
- Email and Security: ICO recent guidance
- Social Media Policy
- Data Protection and Cyber Security (Inset Day) Training Ideas
- Changes to Microsoft Free Licensing for Schools
- What to do in the event of a Cyber Attack
- How KCSIE is linked to Cyber Strategy
- VICE SOCIETY - Ransomware attacks on schools
- Using Tags if you are a group of organisations in the DPE Knowledge Bank
- Cyber Insurance in the Public Sector
- Cyber Attack: Leytonstone School
- The ICO Reprimands a school
- Cyber Attack: Dorchester School
- Knowledge Bank Role Types: Admin, Staff and Trustee
- Cyber Attack: Wiltshire School
- Types of Cyber Attacks: The Insider Threat
- Why your data is profitable to cyber criminals
- Striking Data Breach
- January Cyber update - How Can Schools Help Prevent Cyber Attacks?
- FOI: Vaccination Justifications
- The Education sector now at highest risk of cyber attacks
- Schools Blocked from Using Facial Recognition Systems
- The Children's Code
- Cyber Attacks
- Protocol for Setting Up and Delivery of Online Teaching and Learning
- Class Dojo International Data Sharing
- Secure file transfer of files using Royal Mail
- Emergency contacts and consent
- Best Practice for Managing Photos and Video
- Headteacher fined for breach of data protection legislation
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