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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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Product Focus on Checklists : FOI

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.

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Cyber attack on a University

During February there have been a number of attacks reported on Universities in the UK.  There were reports of hackers attacking the universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Wolverhampton.  Systems were affected at all sites.  The disruption is the latest reported attack by Anonymous Sudan.  It is thought the attacks are related to the UK's support of Israel in the Gaza conflict.

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Cyber Attack on a School

The Misbourne School in Great Missenden had to partially shutdown in January due to a cyber attack.  The attack significantly affected its infrastructure and operations.

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Major cyber-criminal gang Lockbit brought down by UK Law Enforcement

The NCA (National Crime Agency) has infiltrated systems belonging to LockBit - the UK has led an operation to disrupt what is thought to be the world's largest criminal ransomware group.  For the last four years, the LockBit group has been hacking into thousands of businesses, schools and medical facilities around the world.

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Why Due Diligence is Important: Fake apps

We recommend completing due diligence on any third party suppliers that you share personal data with.  We recommend that you do this BEFORE purchasing, installing and using the product to share information.  Our Knowledge Bank platform has a Supplier Due Diligence Best Practice area to help with this and lists many suppliers that we have done some generic risk assessments on.  Ensuring due diligence is part of your procurement process for apps means that someone is less likely to

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Safer Internet Day 2024

We couldn't let today go by without mentioning Safer Internet Day when so many of our customers are schools and trusts.  Educators, social workers and other professionals working with children and young people play a key role in supporting children to learn about how to stay safe online.

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

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