The main benefit of multi-factor authentication (MFA) is that it will enhance your organisation's security by requiring your users to identify themselves by more than a username and password.  This makes stealing your information harder for the average criminal. It provides an added layer of security and is one of the most effective ways to prevent unauthorised access as it requires additional validation of login credentials.  Over 80% of cyber breaches happen due to weak or stolen

The following article talks about how a school thwarted a cyber attack, more through luck than judgement.  Our advice is for the whole organisation to be cyber aware and review how your organisation might respond when attacked.    The article gives ideas on how to begin making a cyber ready plan.

In October 2020 Kellett School was subject to a ransomware denial-of-service (DoS) attack orchestrated by a Russian criminal hacker group.  After the attack, a post m

This article is linked to a series of articles about different types of Cyber Attacks. They can be viewed in the Information/Cyber Security News section of the Data Protection Education website or as part of the Information & Cyber Security Best Practice Area. Each article discusses a different type of cyber attack, steps to try to minimise the risk and guidance

With the increase in Cyber crime against schools in the UK we are focusing in on what can be done to help prevent cyber crime in a way mangeable for school budgets.

Given the current financial pressure on schools it is very likely there are devices in schools running out of date software.  This article looks at the most recent version of Windows that support has ended for, what that means and why upgrades are a must. 

A recent study conducted by Check Point Research which can be found at the bottom of this article has found that there has been a 29% increase in cyberattacks on organisations in the education sector since 2020, the highest increase of any sector. 

The National Cyber Security Centre has today upgraded it's advice to schools relating to the prevalence of cybers attacks in the sector:

 By changing the culture of email use within an organisation will not only benefit the organisation towards GDPR compliance and beyond, it will also save a significant amount of time by reducing staff workload and hopefully support staff wellbeing too.