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WhatsApp and FOI's: ICO Warnings

📲💬 We come across many organisations using WhatsApp as a communication tool with staff regularly and have previously highlighted some of the risks.  The ICO have recently published information about a case where WhatsApp messages had to be included in a Freedom of Information Request.

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The role of Passkeys in Cyber Resilience and Cyber Security

🗝️🛡️ In a world where cyber attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, protecting sensitive information and user accounts has never been more critical. Traditional passwords are rapidly being replaced by a more advanced and secure solution: passkeys. This article explores the benefits of passkeys, their role in preventing cyber attacks, and what to do if a system does not yet support them.

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ICO report on AI tools in recruitment

🤖🤖 The ICO recently published an overview reports about the use of AI tools in recruitment processes.  While it was recognised that it can offer benefits to employers, it recognises their use can also lead to risks for people and their privacy and information rights.

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Early Years Settings and Cyber Security

🧸 🚼 As digital technology continues to increase in our educational settings, Early Years settings are increasingly integrating digital tools into their operations.  While this might enhance efficiency and communication, it also raises concerns and challenges about cyber security and data protection.

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SLT Digital Lead Profile

👩🏽‍🏫👨🏽‍💻 Since we have been talking to schools and multi academy trusts about the SLT digital lead, there have been a lot of questions about who that should be in the organisation. There’s often an assumption that it should automatically be the IT Manager, technician, or Data Protection Lead.  In this article, we explore the profile of an effective SLT Digital Lead and their critical role in shaping digital strategy, integrating technology into teaching and learning,

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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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Cyber Security Best Practice Area

🛡️✅ Gone are the days when cyber security issues meant accidentally downloading a virus, it has grown to mean so much more, where data and identities are stolen, fraud is committed and businesses can be shut down from a cyber attack.  With that in mind we have created a cyber security best practice area to help guide and support your data protection compliance.

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DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges Tracker

The data protection officer is mentioned many times in the DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges as someone that should either be informed or consulted with.  As part of that consultation process, we would like to announce our new DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges Tracker.

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

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