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DfE Digital Standards Autumn Update

🍂 The DfE have published several updates to the DfE Digital Standards, updating the Filtering and Monitoring Standards, the Digital Leadership & Governance Standards and the Broadband Internet Standards for Schools and Colleges. We give our view on what that means and more details about the updates.

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Stealing children's data

In a Malwarebytes blog, author Mark Beare explains how your child's data can be stolen, and even more so if you have given medical  or health data.

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  3. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 4. What to do in a cyber attack
  4. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 3. Data Security
  5. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 2. Privacy Protection
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  7. Ofqual highlights the value of cyber security training in schools
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  12. Join Our Social Media Family!
  13. School hit by Cyber Attack
  14. New Academic Year Kick-Off!
  15. New e-learning for 2024
  16. Cyber Security Best Practice Area
  17. DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges Tracker
  18. New Policies, Documents, Letters and Posters page
  19. Schools and Trusts Best Practice Area
  20. The DPE Retention Schedule
  21. Making the Rounds Update (now includes reporting)
  22. ESFA Cyber Essentials Requirement for Colleges from 2024/2025
  23. ICO Reprimands a School
  24. How does the recent global IT outage affect me?
  25. King's speech introduces new bills in relation to cyber security, smart data and digital information
  26. Navigating Privacy at the End of Term , Special Occasions and End of Year
  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 Out of date technology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. Free short cyber training for staff
  34. UPDATE: The Upcoming Election and The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
  35. Update to the DfE Digital Cyber Security Standards for Schools and Colleges (May 2024)
  36. The rise of cyber attacks in schools are causing pupils to miss classes
  37. ICO: Learning from the mistakes of others report
  38. Children's mental health data leaked after a cyber attack
  39. Cyber attack on a Trust; the aftermath
  40. School Focus: The Vale Federation | Aylesbury
  41. DfE Dealing with Subject Access Requests (SARs) Guidance
  42. Update to the Guidance on Information Sharing from the DfE
  43. FOI Requests generated by Artificial Intelligence
  44. Social Media Best Practice Area
  45. Lettings Best Practice Area
  46. Appropriate filtering and monitoring definitions
  47. MFA Bombing - What is it?
  48. Protecting your Social Media Accounts
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  51. Product Focus on Checklists : End of Term Checklist
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  53. Product Focus on Checklists : Social Media
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  70. Product Focus on Checklists : Subject Access Requests
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  105. Guardians of Privacy: 5. Social Media and Consent
  106. Guardians of Privacy: 4. Social Media Access Control
  107. Guardians of Privacy: 3. Social Media Channels
  108. Guardians of Privacy: 2. Law and Regulations
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  115. Guidance for the use of school email and applying email retention in schools
  116. CISA and UK NCSC Announce Joint Guidelines for Secure AI System Development
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  118. Children's Privacy around the world is a puzzle
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  120. Update on Advisory for Rhysida Ransomware
  121. Records Management Best Practice Update
  122. Governors and Data Best Practice Area Update
  123. The Crime in a Cyber Attack and a Data Breach
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  126. Learning from Data Breaches
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  128. Trust Initial Plan for Data Protection Compliance (for Multi Academy Trusts)
  129. International Counter Ransomware Initiative 2023 Joint Statement
  130. Google for Education Resources: Helping IT Admins meet DfE digital and technology standards
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  135. The UK Online Safety Bill becomes an Act (Law)
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  209. Transparency
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