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Best Practice Updates

📢🏛️ 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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Best Practice Updates

🛡️✅ Gone are the days when cyber security issues meant accidentally downloading a virus, it has grown to mean so much more, where data and identities are stolen, fraud is committed and businesses can be shut down from a cyber attack.  With that in mind we have created a cyber security best practice area to help guide and support your data protection compliance.

  1. New Policies, Documents, Letters and Posters page
  2. Schools and Trusts Best Practice Area
  3. The DPE Retention Schedule
  4. How does the recent global IT outage affect me?
  5. King's speech introduces new bills in relation to cyber security, smart data and digital information
  6. Out of date technology
  7. Cyber attack on a school during half term
  8. Free short cyber training for staff
  9. The rise of cyber attacks in schools are causing pupils to miss classes
  10. ICO: Learning from the mistakes of others report
  11. Children's mental health data leaked after a cyber attack
  12. Cyber attack on a Trust; the aftermath
  13. Social Media Best Practice Area
  14. Lettings Best Practice Area
  15. MFA Bombing - What is it?
  16. Product Focus on Checklists : Information and Cyber Security
  17. Product Focus on Checklists : End of Term Checklist
  18. Product Focus on Checklists : Social Media
  19. Cyber Incident Review: The Benefits
  20. Product Focus on Checklists : Lettings
  21. Product Focus on Checklists : Record of Processing
  22. Why Data Should Stay Put: Benefits of Keeping Data in Its Original System
  23. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Retention and Destruction
  24. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Migration
  25. Product Focus on Checklists : Biometrics
  26. Product Focus on Checklists : Supplier Due Diligence
  27. Free Cyber help, advice and training with the Cyber Resilience Centres
  28. The Perils of Paper: The Printing Vulnerability
  29. Product Focus on Checklists : FOI
  30. Product Focus on Checklists : Governors and Data
  31. Product Focus on Checklists : DPIA
  32. Product Focus on Checklists : Site Moves
  33. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Breaches
  34. Product Focus on Checklists : Subject Access Requests
  35. Cyber attack on a University
  36. Product Focus on Checklists : Bring your own device
  37. Product Focus on Checklists : Working out of school/offsite
  38. Cyber Attack on a School
  39. Product Focus on Checklists : Redaction
  40. Product Focus on Checklists : CCTV
  41. Product Focus on Checklists : Clear desk
  42. Product Focus on Checklists : Commitment to compliance
  43. Product Focus on Checklists : Photos and video
  44. Product Focus on Checklists : Passwords
  45. Product Focus on Checklists : Information Classification
  46. Kent Councils Data Breach
  47. Free cyber training for staff
  48. DfE Digital Standards Update
  49. Where is your data stored?
  50. Phishing attacks targeting schools - alert from City of London Police
  51. The ICO reprimands a Multi Academy Trust
  52. CISA and UK NCSC Announce Joint Guidelines for Secure AI System Development
  53. Update on Advisory for Rhysida Ransomware
  54. Records Management Best Practice Update
  55. The Crime in a Cyber Attack and a Data Breach
  56. Learning from Data Breaches
  57. Windows 11 security ineffective against attacks on old devices
  58. International Counter Ransomware Initiative 2023 Joint Statement
  59. Google for Education Resources: Helping IT Admins meet DfE digital and technology standards
  60. Top Ten Cyber Security Misconfigurations
  61. ICO Reprimand: company suffered a ransomware attack
  62. The UK Online Safety Bill becomes an Act (Law)
  63. The importance of software updates (PaperCut vulnerability and Rhysida ransomware)
  64. Ransomware, extortion and the cyber crime ecosystem
  65. Cyber Resource: The Cyber Resilience Centre Group
  66. Email and Security: ICO recent guidance
  67. Help after a Cyber Attack/Incident
  68. What to do in the event of a Cyber Attack
  69. How KCSIE is linked to Cyber Strategy
  70. Cyber Crime: AI Generated Phishing Attacks
  71. Cyber Attack: Exam Boards
  72. VICE SOCIETY - Ransomware attacks on schools
  73. Using Tags if you are a group of organisations in the DPE Knowledge Bank
  74. Where's Harry the Hacker?
  75. Be Cyber Aware: USB Sticks
  76. Cyber Insurance in the Public Sector
  77. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDos Attack (Microsoft DDoS Attack in June)
  78. Cyber Attack: Leytonstone School
  79. Be Cyber Aware: Firewalls
  80. Be Cyber Aware: Cyber attacks and transparency. A no blame culture
  81. Cyber Attack: Dorchester School
  82. Knowledge Bank Role Types: Admin, Staff and Trustee
  83. Be Cyber Aware: Why regular software updates are important
  84. Cyber Attack: Wiltshire School
  85. Keeping your IT systems safe and secure
  86. Why we recommend using PIN codes on printers
  87. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDoS Attacks
  88. Types of Cyber Attacks: Phishing
  89. Redaction Guidelines Updated
  90. Types of Cyber Attacks: The Insider Threat
  91. Why your data is profitable to cyber criminals
  92. Knowledge Bank Updates
  93. Types of malware and how they are linked to data protection
  94. Windows Server 2012 & 2012 R2 Retirement
  95. How to contact us for support, subject access requests, data breaches and FOI's
  96. How a school fought back after a cyberattack
  97. Types of Cyber Attacks - Credential Stuffing
  98. January Cyber update - How Can Schools Help Prevent Cyber Attacks?
  99. Assigning courses to staff using to-dos
  100. The Education sector now at highest risk of cyber attacks
  101. Cyber Attacks
  102. Best Practice for Managing Photos and Video
  103. Compliance Manager released
  104. Emails – good practice and minimising the risk of a data breach

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