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Protecting your Social Media Accounts

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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Why we recommend using checklists

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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Cyber Incident Review: The Benefits

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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Free Cyber help, advice and training with the Cyber Resilience Centres

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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The Perils of Paper: The Printing Vulnerability

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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  23. DfE Digital Standards Update
  24. The Mother of all Breaches
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  30. Guardians of Privacy: 15. Navigating Social Media in Educational Settings Summary
  31. Guardians of Privacy: 14. Social Media and Cyber Bullying
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  33. Guardians of Privacy: 12. Social Media and Going Viral
  34. Guardians of Privacy: 11. Staff Social Media Accounts
  35. Guardians of Privacy: 10. Social Media and Cookies
  36. Guardians of Privacy: 9. Social Media and Morality
  37. New Resources for Schools from the ICO
  38. Guardians of Privacy: 8. Social Media Policies
  39. Guardians of Privacy: 7. Social Media Data Retention
  40. Guardians of Privacy: 6. Posting Safely
  41. Guardians of Privacy: 5. Social Media and Consent
  42. Guardians of Privacy: 4. Social Media Access Control
  43. Guardians of Privacy: 3. Social Media Channels
  44. Guardians of Privacy: 2. Law and Regulations
  45. Guardians of Privacy: 1. Social media, privacy and children
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  48. The Data Protection And Digital Information Bill (DPADI)
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  50. KCSIE: Filtering, Monitoring and Privacy
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  52. CISA and UK NCSC Announce Joint Guidelines for Secure AI System Development
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  55. Trust Initial Plan Checklist Update
  56. Update on Advisory for Rhysida Ransomware
  57. Records Management Best Practice Update
  58. Governors and Data Best Practice Area Update
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  64. Trust Initial Plan for Data Protection Compliance (for Multi Academy Trusts)
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  69. Lettings Best Practice and Guidance
  70. ICO Reprimand: company suffered a ransomware attack
  71. The UK Online Safety Bill becomes an Act (Law)
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  75. Adding offline bulk training using the Certificates function
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  77. Get a DPE Badge for your website!
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  146. Transparency
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  160. Headteacher fined for breach of data protection legislation
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