Harry the hacker on a laptop standing on a giant mobile phone with coloured social media icons coming out of it. Data Protection Education logo on the bottom right

We recently published a series of articles on all things social media, which also included information about protecting your social media accounts.  The South East Cyber Resilience Centre has recently published a blog about this:

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Our customers all have access to the checklists in our Knowledge Bank user portal.  We have checklists for all areas of compliance around data protection and cyber security, as well as some practical ones for schools and trusts.  But why are checklists a good tool?

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A cyber incident review is a process or analysis undertaken after a cyber security incident or cyber attack has occurred.  It involves analysing the event in detail to understand what happened, why it happened and how it can be prevented in the future.

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We have previously written about the Cyber Resilience Centres which are 9 regional centres in the UK which were part of a Home Office initiative to help strengthen the reach of cyber resilience across the community.
We recently met with Daniel Sykes, the Cyber Crime Protect and Prepare Office for the South East Cyber Resilience Centre, to ask
about how their services can help small businesses, schools and multi academy trusts.

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While visiting organisations during our data walks we will have a conversation with you about how printers are used in your organisation, we will discuss access controls and have a look around the print area and any recycling facilities.  Printing can be expensive as the cost of paper and toner has risen, but it can also be costly to your cyber resilience and your data breach security.

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All of our customers have access to the DPE Knowledge Bank which has a Best Practice Checklist area.  Each checklist is designed to help you walk through all aspects of data protection.

  1. Product Focus on Checklists : Site Moves
  2. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Breaches
  3. Product Focus on Checklists : Subject Access Requests
  4. Cyber attack on a University
  5. Product Focus on Checklists : Bring your own device
  6. Product Focus on Checklists : Working out of school/offsite
  7. Cyber Attack on a School
  8. Product Focus on Checklists : Redaction
  9. Major cyber-criminal gang Lockbit brought down by UK Law Enforcement
  10. Why Due Diligence is Important: Fake apps
  11. Product Focus on Checklists : CCTV
  12. Product Focus on Checklists : Clear desk
  13. Product Focus on Checklists : Commitment to compliance
  14. Product Focus on Checklists : Photos and video
  15. Product Focus on Checklists : Passwords
  16. Product Focus on Checklists : Information Classification
  17. Safer Internet Day 2024
  18. Kent Councils Data Breach
  19. Free cyber training for staff
  20. DfE Digital Standards Update
  21. The Mother of all Breaches
  22. ClassCharts Possible Data Breach
  23. Where is your data stored?
  24. IAPP looks at AI privacy risks
  25. If you suspect a financial scam .....
  26. Guardians of Privacy: 16. Social Media Checklist
  27. Guardians of Privacy: 15. Navigating Social Media in Educational Settings Summary
  28. Guardians of Privacy: 14. Social Media and Cyber Bullying
  29. Guardians of Privacy: 13. Social Media, Copyright and Intellectual Property
  30. Guardians of Privacy: 12. Social Media and Going Viral
  31. Guardians of Privacy: 11. Staff Social Media Accounts
  32. Guardians of Privacy: 10. Social Media and Cookies
  33. Guardians of Privacy: 9. Social Media and Morality
  34. New Resources for Schools from the ICO
  35. Guardians of Privacy: 8. Social Media Policies
  36. Guardians of Privacy: 7. Social Media Data Retention
  37. Guardians of Privacy: 6. Posting Safely
  38. Guardians of Privacy: 5. Social Media and Consent
  39. Guardians of Privacy: 4. Social Media Access Control
  40. Guardians of Privacy: 3. Social Media Channels
  41. Guardians of Privacy: 2. Law and Regulations
  42. Guardians of Privacy: 1. Social media, privacy and children
  43. Latest ICO Reprimand. Mr. S. Claus, Chief Executive Officer, North Pole Enterprises
  44. Phishing attacks targeting schools - alert from City of London Police
  45. The Data Protection And Digital Information Bill (DPADI)
  46. The ICO reprimands a Multi Academy Trust
  47. KCSIE: Filtering, Monitoring and Privacy
  48. Guidance for the use of school email and applying email retention in schools
  49. CISA and UK NCSC Announce Joint Guidelines for Secure AI System Development
  50. Data Protection Tips for Early Years Settings
  51. Children's Privacy around the world is a puzzle
  52. Trust Initial Plan Checklist Update
  53. Update on Advisory for Rhysida Ransomware
  54. Records Management Best Practice Update
  55. Governors and Data Best Practice Area Update
  56. The Crime in a Cyber Attack and a Data Breach
  57. What do I need to redact?
  58. NCSC Annual Review is published for 2023
  59. Learning from Data Breaches
  60. Windows 11 security ineffective against attacks on old devices
  61. Trust Initial Plan for Data Protection Compliance (for Multi Academy Trusts)
  62. International Counter Ransomware Initiative 2023 Joint Statement
  63. Google for Education Resources: Helping IT Admins meet DfE digital and technology standards
  64. Resistant Cloud Backups
  65. Top Ten Cyber Security Misconfigurations
  66. Lettings Best Practice and Guidance
  67. ICO Reprimand: company suffered a ransomware attack
  68. The UK Online Safety Bill becomes an Act (Law)
  69. Considerations when migrating to a new MIS
  70. The importance of software updates (PaperCut vulnerability and Rhysida ransomware)
  71. Public bodies and sensitive data
  72. Adding offline bulk training using the Certificates function
  73. Ransomware, extortion and the cyber crime ecosystem
  74. ICO: 10 Step guide to sharing information to safeguard children
  75. Schools under Cyber Attack: September 2023
  76. Cyber Resource: The Cyber Resilience Centre Group
  77. Email and Security: ICO recent guidance
  78. Help after a Cyber Attack/Incident
  79. Social Media Policy
  80. Data Protection and Cyber Security (Inset Day) Training Ideas
  81. Changes to Microsoft Free Licensing for Schools
  82. What to do in the event of a Cyber Attack
  83. Cyber Crime: AI Generated Phishing Attacks
  84. Handling Freedom of Information Requests the right way
  85. Cyber Attack: Exam Boards
  86. VICE SOCIETY - Ransomware attacks on schools
  87. Using Tags if you are a group of organisations in the DPE Knowledge Bank
  88. Where's Harry the Hacker?
  89. Be Cyber Aware: USB Sticks
  90. Cyber Insurance in the Public Sector
  91. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDos Attack (Microsoft DDoS Attack in June)
  92. Cyber Attack: Manchester University
  93. Cyber Attack: Leytonstone School
  94. The ICO Reprimands a school
  95. Be Cyber Aware: Firewalls
  96. Subject Access Requests (SARs)
  97. Be Cyber Aware: Cyber attacks and transparency. A no blame culture
  98. Cyber Attack: Dorchester School
  99. Knowledge Bank Role Types: Admin, Staff and Trustee
  100. Types of Cyber Attacks: Password Attacks
  101. Be Cyber Aware: Why regular software updates are important
  102. Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2023
  103. Cyber Attack: Wiltshire School
  104. Keeping your IT systems safe and secure
  105. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDoS Attacks
  106. Types of Cyber Attacks: Phishing
  107. Types of Cyber Attacks: The Insider Threat
  108. Why your data is profitable to cyber criminals
  109. Using WhatsApp in Schools
  110. The Changes to Data Protection in the UK
  111. Knowledge Bank Updates
  112. Types of malware and how they are linked to data protection
  113. Striking Data Breach
  114. Windows Server 2012 & 2012 R2 Retirement
  115. How to contact us for support, subject access requests, data breaches and FOI's
  116. YouTube breached child protection laws
  117. How a school fought back after a cyberattack
  118. Types of Cyber Attacks - Credential Stuffing
  119. January Cyber update - How Can Schools Help Prevent Cyber Attacks?
  120. End of Windows 8.1 Support
  121. Assigning courses to staff using to-dos
  122. How the Record of Processing Can Help You
  123. Information Security Basics: What are VPN's?
  124. What does a Data Protection Officer Do?
  125. Are you ready for a Data Breach?
  126. Blog: Best Practice on the Retention of Child Protection Information
  127. Carrying out Supplier Due Diligence
  128. Email and retention periods
  129. How Long Should You Keep Personal Data For?
  130. The Education sector now at highest risk of cyber attacks
  131. How to Assess your Data Security
  132. Schools Blocked from Using Facial Recognition Systems
  133. Sharing this year’s Nativity play online
  134. A quick introduction to the Phishing Simulation tool
  135. The Children's Code
  136. Recording vaccination of staff
  137. B&H FoI: Racist/religious incidents/bullying
  138. Cyber Attacks
  139. Protocol for Setting Up and Delivery of Online Teaching and Learning
  140. Class Dojo International Data Sharing
  141. Model Publication Scheme: Amendments, Improvements and Updates
  142. Child friendly privacy notices
  143. Transparency
  144. Parents and students covertly recording conversations
  145. SAR? ER? FOI?
  146. Secure file transfer of files using Royal Mail
  147. Emergency contacts and consent
  148. Key elements of a successful DPIA
  149. FOI Publication Schemes
  150. SHARE: Avoid disinformation online
  151. Best Practice for Managing Photos and Video
  152. New Drip Feeds: Recognise and Respond to Subject Access Request
  153. When to contact the Data Protection Officer?
  154. National child measurement programme
  155. Make sure DPE is your registered DPO with the ICO
  156. Compliance Manager released
  157. Headteacher fined for breach of data protection legislation
  158. Emails – good practice and minimising the risk of a data breach

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