We are launching a new best practice area which has all the policies, documents and posters in one place.  You can find this page in our main best practice area:

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.

We recognised that a number of our customers needed a generic retention schedule to help get them started with their records management.

We've updated our 'Making the Rounds', data walk, to include some central processes that should be included in data protection and cyber security compliance:

The recent news has been full of the global IT outage that affected many systems over the weekend, including airlines and patient access.  Although the incident was not caused by a cyber attack, it is important to note that it was a cyber incident which affects everyone.

A cyber incident is an event with threatens the confidentiality, integrity or availability of information systems, networks or the information they contain.

Review our previous article: What's a Cyber

Plans for the new government to introduce legislation for cyber security, digital and data were outlined in the King's speech on 17 July 2024.

Ageing and out of date technology is an every day challenge for most schools and small businesses, but is there a risk?

This article discusses what a cyber incident is and what you should do if you experience one.  The important thing to note is that this isn't a full-blown cyber attack, but you should still go through various reporting and risk management processes.

Unfortunately, a school has declared a 'significant critical incident' after it was targeted in a cyber attack.

Regular cyber training for staff is crucial given the amount of systems involved in running organisations.  Schools and Trusts should be doing this annually as advised by the DfE Cyber Security Digital Standards.

The BBC have recently reported that due to the number of cyber attacks on schools that the ICO have seen an increase of 55% since 2022 of cyber incidents in the education and childcare sector.

The ICO has published a report today about 'learning from the mistakes of others'.  Given that cyber security is a crucial part of protection information and it is important to note that security breaches frequently lead to information breaches.