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Mark Orchison

Mark Orchison is the CEO of 9ine, a leading provider of technology, cyber and privacy services to schools. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Mark is a highly respected thought leader in the field of technology, cyber, privacy and safeguarding in K-12 education. He has a proven track record of helping organisations of all sizes to navigate the rapidly changing digital and regulatory landscape and capitalise on new opportunities. Mark’s vision has shaped the development of a revolutionary low cost consultancy-as-a-service software platform enabling schools to gain easy access to expertise in technology, cyber, privacy and safeguarding. Mark is also a regular speaker at industry events and an expert contributor to accreditation commissions on accreditation standards relating to privacy and cyber security.

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Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022

KCSIE has been updated in readiness for schools to digest and ensure they can evidence compliance from September 2022. There are a number of subtle changes related to technology which we thought useful to point out.

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Guard School: 2022 Global Report vs. Education Malware (82.65%)

The Global Risks Report (Report) tracks perceptions among risk experts and world leaders in business, government, and civil society. It examines...

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Data Protection Principles for Asian Schools' Compliance

Over the course of 2021, we wrote about a variety of upcoming privacy laws around the world. However, we can see that countries in Asia are likely to...

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Complying with Risk Obligations in the Academy Trust Handbook 

The management of risk is a requirement of the Academy Trust Handbook. Academy trusts must manage risks to ensure their effective operation,...

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Academy Trust Handbook 2021 - Cyber Security

The Academy Financial Handbook has been updated and renamed as the Academy Trust Handbook. The requirements and guidance within the handbook has been...

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Malware Update: Education Malware Morphs to be Undetectable

A new programming language ‘Go’ or ‘Golang’ is being used to specifically target schools. Once successfully executed, the Trojan enables remote...

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Lonely Malware Seeking School for Unfriendly Encounter

The FBI has recently identified a primary malware that is designed to target schools. They have been tracking this since March 2020, and in March...

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Improving Cybersecurity In Independent UK Schools

Cybersecurity can be daunting at the best of times, but it doesn’t have to be. When we speak of the term ‘cybersecurity’, we are actually speaking of...

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How To Process Biometric Data Appropriately

Schools are increasingly gravitating towards automated biometric systems for the authentication and security of their students. These systems are...

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data privacy

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Evaluating Safeguarding Data Risk with DPIA: Child Protection

A Data Protection Impact Assessment (“DPIA”) is a type of risk assessment in which an organisation identifies the data protection risks associated...

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What your school can do in response to Everyone’s Invited

Everyone’s Invited has given voice to many victims of sexual violence, abuse and harassment in schools and universities across the UK and further...

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Easter/Spring Break Cyber Attack Update: Slash Vulnerabilities by 85%

The National Cyber Security Centre in the UK updated their guidance on the 23rd March 2021 regarding imminent cyber attacks on education...

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9ine Partners with Japan Council of International Schools (JCIS)

The Japan Council of International Schools (JCIS) partners with 9ine to support schools with maintaining the highest levels of data protection,...

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9ine Partners with ICAISA: Elevating School Accreditation

9ine Partners with The International Council Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA) to Transform Data Privacy and Cyber Protections...

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