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Effectively communicating during a cyber incident

📢 It's important to be prepared for when a cyber incident happens to you.  Part of that preparation should include having a Cyber Incident Response Plan, and part of that plan should include how to communicate, who does the communication and what they should say.

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Contracts Register

📃 A digital technology contracts register is a lit of all the contracts in your organisation with external suppliers for the supply of digital technology products and services.

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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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  1. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 12. Training
  2. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 11. Policies and Procedures
  3. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 10. Assess where you are with cyber security
  4. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 9. A guide for education providers
  5. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 8. How can your organisation prevent Ransomware attacks?
  6. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 7. What does a Ransomware attack on a school look like?
  7. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 6. Cyber Action Plan
  8. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 5. Responsibilities
  9. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 4. What to do in a cyber attack
  10. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 3. Data Security
  11. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 2. Privacy Protection
  12. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month: 1. Why is cyber security important?
  13. Ofqual highlights the value of cyber security training in schools
  14. Searching for data when you receive a Subject Access Request
  15. Fylde Coast Academy Trust Cyber Attack This Week
  16. Calling all IT leads in schools and mult academy trusts!
  17. Ransomware cyber attack on a school in Bromley
  18. Join Our Social Media Family!
  19. School hit by Cyber Attack
  20. New Academic Year Kick-Off!
  21. New e-learning for 2024
  22. Cyber Security Best Practice Area
  23. DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges Tracker
  24. New Policies, Documents, Letters and Posters page
  25. Schools and Trusts Best Practice Area
  26. The DPE Retention Schedule
  27. Making the Rounds Update (now includes reporting)
  28. ESFA Cyber Essentials Requirement for Colleges from 2024/2025
  29. ICO Reprimands a School
  30. How does the recent global IT outage affect me?
  31. King's speech introduces new bills in relation to cyber security, smart data and digital information
  32. Navigating Privacy at the End of Term , Special Occasions and End of Year
  33. Out of date technology
  34. Data Retention and the Pupil File
  35. Have you assigned your SLT Digital Lead yet?
  36. What's a Cyber Incident and what should we do?
  37. Getting Started with AI (Artificial Intelligence)
  38. Cyber attack on a school during half term
  39. Free short cyber training for staff
  40. UPDATE: The Upcoming Election and The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
  41. Update to the DfE Digital Cyber Security Standards for Schools and Colleges (May 2024)
  42. The rise of cyber attacks in schools are causing pupils to miss classes
  43. ICO: Learning from the mistakes of others report
  44. Children's mental health data leaked after a cyber attack
  45. Cyber attack on a Trust; the aftermath
  46. School Focus: The Vale Federation | Aylesbury
  47. DfE Dealing with Subject Access Requests (SARs) Guidance
  48. Update to the Guidance on Information Sharing from the DfE
  49. FOI Requests generated by Artificial Intelligence
  50. Social Media Best Practice Area
  51. Lettings Best Practice Area
  52. Appropriate filtering and monitoring definitions
  53. MFA Bombing - What is it?
  54. Protecting your Social Media Accounts
  55. Why we recommend using checklists
  56. Product Focus on Checklists : Initial Trust Plan
  57. Product Focus on Checklists : End of Term Checklist
  58. Product Focus on Checklists : Information and Cyber Security
  59. Product Focus on Checklists : Social Media
  60. Cyber Incident Review: The Benefits
  61. Product Focus on Checklists : Lettings
  62. Product Focus on Checklists : Record of Processing
  63. Milk Island: The secret location that allows children to view restricted content on Google Maps
  64. Why Data Should Stay Put: Benefits of Keeping Data in Its Original System
  65. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Retention and Destruction
  66. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Migration
  67. Product Focus on Checklists : Biometrics
  68. Product Focus on Checklists : Supplier Due Diligence
  69. Free Cyber help, advice and training with the Cyber Resilience Centres
  70. The Perils of Paper: The Printing Vulnerability
  71. Product Focus on Checklists : FOI
  72. Product Focus on Checklists : Governors and Data
  73. Product Focus on Checklists : DPIA
  74. Product Focus on Checklists : Site Moves
  75. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Breaches
  76. Product Focus on Checklists : Subject Access Requests
  77. Cyber attack on a University
  78. Product Focus on Checklists : Bring your own device
  79. Product Focus on Checklists : Working out of school/offsite
  80. Cyber Attack on a School
  81. Product Focus on Checklists : Redaction
  82. Major cyber-criminal gang Lockbit brought down by UK Law Enforcement
  83. Why Due Diligence is Important: Fake apps
  84. Product Focus on Checklists : CCTV
  85. Product Focus on Checklists : Clear desk
  86. Product Focus on Checklists : Commitment to compliance
  87. Product Focus on Checklists : Photos and video
  88. Product Focus on Checklists : Passwords
  89. Product Focus on Checklists : Information Classification
  90. Safer Internet Day 2024
  91. Kent Councils Data Breach
  92. Free cyber training for staff
  93. DfE Digital Standards Update
  94. The Mother of all Breaches
  95. ClassCharts Possible Data Breach
  96. Where is your data stored?
  97. IAPP looks at AI privacy risks
  98. If you suspect a financial scam .....
  99. Guardians of Privacy: 16. Social Media Checklist
  100. Guardians of Privacy: 15. Navigating Social Media in Educational Settings Summary
  101. Guardians of Privacy: 14. Social Media and Cyber Bullying
  102. Guardians of Privacy: 13. Social Media, Copyright and Intellectual Property
  103. Guardians of Privacy: 12. Social Media and Going Viral
  104. Guardians of Privacy: 11. Staff Social Media Accounts
  105. Guardians of Privacy: 10. Social Media and Cookies
  106. Guardians of Privacy: 9. Social Media and Morality
  107. New Resources for Schools from the ICO
  108. Guardians of Privacy: 8. Social Media Policies
  109. Guardians of Privacy: 7. Social Media Data Retention
  110. Guardians of Privacy: 6. Posting Safely
  111. Guardians of Privacy: 5. Social Media and Consent
  112. Guardians of Privacy: 4. Social Media Access Control
  113. Guardians of Privacy: 3. Social Media Channels
  114. Guardians of Privacy: 2. Law and Regulations
  115. Guardians of Privacy: 1. Social media, privacy and children
  116. Latest ICO Reprimand. Mr. S. Claus, Chief Executive Officer, North Pole Enterprises
  117. Phishing attacks targeting schools - alert from City of London Police
  118. The Data Protection And Digital Information Bill (DPADI)
  119. The ICO reprimands a Multi Academy Trust
  120. KCSIE: Filtering, Monitoring and Privacy
  121. Guidance for the use of school email and applying email retention in schools
  122. CISA and UK NCSC Announce Joint Guidelines for Secure AI System Development
  123. Data Protection Tips for Early Years Settings
  124. Children's Privacy around the world is a puzzle
  125. Trust Initial Plan Checklist Update
  126. Update on Advisory for Rhysida Ransomware
  127. Records Management Best Practice Update
  128. Governors and Data Best Practice Area Update
  129. The Crime in a Cyber Attack and a Data Breach
  130. What do I need to redact?
  131. NCSC Annual Review is published for 2023
  132. Learning from Data Breaches
  133. Windows 11 security ineffective against attacks on old devices
  134. Trust Initial Plan for Data Protection Compliance (for Multi Academy Trusts)
  135. International Counter Ransomware Initiative 2023 Joint Statement
  136. Google for Education Resources: Helping IT Admins meet DfE digital and technology standards
  137. Resistant Cloud Backups
  138. Top Ten Cyber Security Misconfigurations
  139. Lettings Best Practice and Guidance
  140. ICO Reprimand: company suffered a ransomware attack
  141. The UK Online Safety Bill becomes an Act (Law)
  142. Considerations when migrating to a new MIS
  143. The importance of software updates (PaperCut vulnerability and Rhysida ransomware)
  144. Public bodies and sensitive data
  145. Adding offline bulk training using the Certificates function
  146. Ransomware, extortion and the cyber crime ecosystem
  147. Get a DPE Badge for your website!
  148. ICO: 10 Step guide to sharing information to safeguard children
  149. Schools under Cyber Attack: September 2023
  150. Cyber Resource: The Cyber Resilience Centre Group
  151. Email and Security: ICO recent guidance
  152. Help after a Cyber Attack/Incident
  153. Social Media Policy
  154. Data Protection and Cyber Security (Inset Day) Training Ideas
  155. Changes to Microsoft Free Licensing for Schools
  156. What to do in the event of a Cyber Attack
  157. Cyber Crime: AI Generated Phishing Attacks
  158. Handling Freedom of Information Requests the right way
  159. Cyber Attack: Exam Boards
  160. VICE SOCIETY - Ransomware attacks on schools
  161. Using Tags if you are a group of organisations in the DPE Knowledge Bank
  162. Where's Harry the Hacker?
  163. Be Cyber Aware: USB Sticks
  164. Cyber Insurance in the Public Sector
  165. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDos Attack (Microsoft DDoS Attack in June)
  166. Cyber Attack: Manchester University
  167. Cyber Attack: Leytonstone School
  168. The ICO Reprimands a school
  169. Be Cyber Aware: Firewalls
  170. Subject Access Requests (SARs)
  171. Be Cyber Aware: Cyber attacks and transparency. A no blame culture
  172. Cyber Attack: Dorchester School
  173. Knowledge Bank Role Types: Admin, Staff and Trustee
  174. Types of Cyber Attacks: Password Attacks
  175. Be Cyber Aware: Why regular software updates are important
  176. Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2023
  177. Cyber Attack: Wiltshire School
  178. Keeping your IT systems safe and secure
  179. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDoS Attacks
  180. Types of Cyber Attacks: Phishing
  181. Types of Cyber Attacks: The Insider Threat
  182. Why your data is profitable to cyber criminals
  183. Using WhatsApp in Schools
  184. The Changes to Data Protection in the UK
  185. Knowledge Bank Updates
  186. Types of malware and how they are linked to data protection
  187. Striking Data Breach
  188. Windows Server 2012 & 2012 R2 Retirement
  189. How to contact us for support, subject access requests, data breaches and FOI's
  190. YouTube breached child protection laws
  191. How a school fought back after a cyberattack
  192. Types of Cyber Attacks - Credential Stuffing
  193. January Cyber update - How Can Schools Help Prevent Cyber Attacks?
  194. End of Windows 8.1 Support
  195. Assigning courses to staff using to-dos
  196. How the Record of Processing Can Help You
  197. Information Security Basics: What are VPN's?
  198. What does a Data Protection Officer Do?
  199. Are you ready for a Data Breach?
  200. Blog: Best Practice on the Retention of Child Protection Information
  201. Carrying out Supplier Due Diligence
  202. Email and retention periods
  203. How Long Should You Keep Personal Data For?
  204. The Education sector now at highest risk of cyber attacks
  205. How to Assess your Data Security
  206. Schools Blocked from Using Facial Recognition Systems
  207. Sharing this year’s Nativity play online
  208. The Children's Code
  209. B&H FoI: Racist/religious incidents/bullying
  210. Cyber Attacks
  211. Protocol for Setting Up and Delivery of Online Teaching and Learning
  212. Class Dojo International Data Sharing
  213. Model Publication Scheme: Amendments, Improvements and Updates
  214. Child friendly privacy notices
  215. Transparency
  216. Parents and students covertly recording conversations
  217. SAR? ER? FOI?
  218. Secure file transfer of files using Royal Mail
  219. Emergency contacts and consent
  220. Key elements of a successful DPIA
  221. FOI Publication Schemes
  222. SHARE: Avoid disinformation online
  223. Best Practice for Managing Photos and Video
  224. New Drip Feeds: Recognise and Respond to Subject Access Request
  225. When to contact the Data Protection Officer?
  226. National child measurement programme
  227. Make sure DPE is your registered DPO with the ICO
  228. Compliance Manager released
  229. Headteacher fined for breach of data protection legislation
  230. Emails – good practice and minimising the risk of a data breach

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