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Best Practice Updates

🚫🔒 Sensitive data requires a higher level of security under UK GDPR because of its potential to cause significant harm to individuals if it is lost, stolen or misused.  A recent case of a teacher losing their job after accessing a safeguarding report and transcribing it to her personal computer highlights the both the importance for least privilege access and continual review of access.

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Best Practice Updates

✅📃 An MIS (management information system) is a critical part of the school's day to day operations and digital infrastructure.  They can be on premise or in the cloud, which means contract terms can differ.  We highlight the latest guidance alongside what is already data protection law - you should follow this, even if you are procuring your MIS through your local authority or third party IT provider.

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Best Practice Updates

🎥🤖  Some of the organisations we are talking to are a little confused about AI, whether they should use it and if their staff already are using it or not.  We've put together a short video explaining the different types of AI, the risks and how you should start documenting your use.

  1. Safer Internet Day, Cyber Security & Data Protection
  2. The Cyber Resilience Championship
  3. The Multiple Dimensions of Supplier Due Diligence
  4. School shares sensitive pupil information as part of an FOI response
  5. Blacon High School Cyber Attack
  6. WhatsApp and FOI's: ICO Warnings
  7. New AI Guidance from the DfE
  8. What the proposed Government legislative proposal around cyber crime means
  9. DfE update to record keeping and management
  10. Update to data sharing for school immunisation programmes
  11. SLT Digital Lead Profile
  12. The role of governors in cyber security and data protection
  13. Navigating Privacy at the End of Term , Special Occasions and End of Year
  14. South East Technological University has experienced a cyber incident
  15. Safeguarding Identity in Microsoft 365: Protecting the UK Education Sector Against Cyber Threats
  16. Cyber Attack on a Special School
  17. Stealing children's data
  18. Ofqual highlights the value of cyber security training in schools
  19. Fylde Coast Academy Trust Cyber Attack This Week
  20. Calling all IT leads in schools and mult academy trusts!
  21. Ransomware cyber attack on a school in Bromley
  22. School hit by Cyber Attack
  23. DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges Tracker
  24. Schools and Trusts Best Practice Area
  25. ESFA Cyber Essentials Requirement for Colleges from 2024/2025
  26. ICO Reprimands a School
  27. Out of date technology
  28. Data Retention and the Pupil File
  29. Have you assigned your SLT Digital Lead yet?
  30. What's a Cyber Incident and what should we do?
  31. Getting Started with AI (Artificial Intelligence)
  32. Cyber attack on a school during half term
  33. The rise of cyber attacks in schools are causing pupils to miss classes
  34. Cyber attack on a Trust; the aftermath
  35. School Focus: The Vale Federation | Aylesbury
  36. DfE Dealing with Subject Access Requests (SARs) Guidance
  37. Update to the Guidance on Information Sharing from the DfE
  38. Product Focus on Checklists : Initial Trust Plan
  39. Product Focus on Checklists : End of Term Checklist
  40. Product Focus on Checklists : Social Media
  41. Product Focus on Checklists : Lettings
  42. Milk Island: The secret location that allows children to view restricted content on Google Maps
  43. Free Cyber help, advice and training with the Cyber Resilience Centres
  44. The Perils of Paper: The Printing Vulnerability
  45. Product Focus on Checklists : Governors and Data
  46. Product Focus on Checklists : Site Moves
  47. Cyber attack on a University
  48. Product Focus on Checklists : Bring your own device
  49. Product Focus on Checklists : Working out of school/offsite
  50. Cyber Attack on a School
  51. Major cyber-criminal gang Lockbit brought down by UK Law Enforcement
  52. Product Focus on Checklists : Photos and video
  53. Safer Internet Day 2024
  54. Kent Councils Data Breach
  55. Free cyber training for staff
  56. DfE Digital Standards Update
  57. ClassCharts Possible Data Breach
  58. School Focus: St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | Brighton
  59. Guardians of Privacy: 16. Social Media Checklist
  60. Guardians of Privacy: 15. Navigating Social Media in Educational Settings Summary
  61. Guardians of Privacy: 14. Social Media and Cyber Bullying
  62. Guardians of Privacy: 13. Social Media, Copyright and Intellectual Property
  63. Guardians of Privacy: 12. Social Media and Going Viral
  64. Guardians of Privacy: 11. Staff Social Media Accounts
  65. Guardians of Privacy: 10. Social Media and Cookies
  66. Guardians of Privacy: 9. Social Media and Morality
  67. New Resources for Schools from the ICO
  68. Guardians of Privacy: 8. Social Media Policies
  69. Guardians of Privacy: 7. Social Media Data Retention
  70. Guardians of Privacy: 6. Posting Safely
  71. Guardians of Privacy: 5. Social Media and Consent
  72. Guardians of Privacy: 4. Social Media Access Control
  73. Guardians of Privacy: 3. Social Media Channels
  74. Guardians of Privacy: 2. Law and Regulations
  75. Phishing attacks targeting schools - alert from City of London Police
  76. The ICO reprimands a Multi Academy Trust
  77. Guidance for the use of school email and applying email retention in schools
  78. Data Protection Tips for Early Years Settings
  79. Trust Initial Plan Checklist Update
  80. Update on Advisory for Rhysida Ransomware
  81. Trust Initial Plan for Data Protection Compliance (for Multi Academy Trusts)
  82. Google for Education Resources: Helping IT Admins meet DfE digital and technology standards
  83. Lettings Best Practice and Guidance
  84. The UK Online Safety Bill becomes an Act (Law)
  85. Considerations when migrating to a new MIS
  86. The importance of software updates (PaperCut vulnerability and Rhysida ransomware)
  87. Public bodies and sensitive data
  88. ICO: 10 Step guide to sharing information to safeguard children
  89. Email and Security: ICO recent guidance
  90. Social Media Policy
  91. Data Protection and Cyber Security (Inset Day) Training Ideas
  92. Changes to Microsoft Free Licensing for Schools
  93. What to do in the event of a Cyber Attack
  94. How KCSIE is linked to Cyber Strategy
  95. VICE SOCIETY - Ransomware attacks on schools
  96. Using Tags if you are a group of organisations in the DPE Knowledge Bank
  97. Cyber Insurance in the Public Sector
  98. Cyber Attack: Leytonstone School
  99. The ICO Reprimands a school
  100. Cyber Attack: Dorchester School
  101. Knowledge Bank Role Types: Admin, Staff and Trustee
  102. Cyber Attack: Wiltshire School
  103. Types of Cyber Attacks: The Insider Threat
  104. Why your data is profitable to cyber criminals
  105. Striking Data Breach
  106. January Cyber update - How Can Schools Help Prevent Cyber Attacks?
  107. FOI: Vaccination Justifications
  108. The Education sector now at highest risk of cyber attacks
  109. Schools Blocked from Using Facial Recognition Systems
  110. The Children's Code
  111. Cyber Attacks
  112. Protocol for Setting Up and Delivery of Online Teaching and Learning
  113. Class Dojo International Data Sharing
  114. Secure file transfer of files using Royal Mail
  115. Emergency contacts and consent
  116. Best Practice for Managing Photos and Video
  117. Headteacher fined for breach of data protection legislation

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