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AI in education

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AI in Education: The Opportunities and Risks of the Metaverse Classroom

Imagine that schools started using interactive avatars of their teachers, who looked, behaved and sounded just like them. What are the opportunities, but also the risks? In this article we take a closer look at both, and what schools need to do.

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Cybersecurity Guidance for School Finance Teams

School finance teams are prime targets for cybercriminals because of the sensitive data and large financial transactions they handle. Schools...

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AI in Education: AI and Governance. How much do school boards need to care?

The impact of Artificial Intelligence on education has been transformative, but what role does the school board play in governance of it? Ahead of...

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International Privacy Day 2025: Five Myths about Privacy and Data Protection

Happy International Privacy Day! A day which is celebrated globally by raising awareness and promoting best practice for privacy and data protection....

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Cyber security in schools: Removable media, data loss and malware

We have spent hundreds of hours working with individuals and departments mapping data processes in line with data protection compliance (EU GDPR Art....

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school cyber attack response

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How to protect your school from malware attacks

In 2019, 71% of organisations experienced malware activity that spread from one employee to another. In 2020, that number fell to 60%, its lowest of...

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PowerSchool Cyber Attack: Understanding School Liability and Legal Actions

When a third-party vendor (such as PowerSchool) suffers a data breach involving school data, the school (as the Data Controller in many...

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Cyber attacks on schools

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What are the types of cyber attacks that could impact my school?

Cybercriminals have increasingly shifted their attention to the education sector. As per Microsoft's report of global cyber threat activity, the...

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cyber assessment system technology network

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How to assess your school’s vulnerability to cyber attacks

How is A Vulnerability Assessment achieved? In our blog, “How secure is your school from Cyber attacks?” we outlined that schools need to move from...

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technology cyber security ai education system assessment

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Secure configuration: How to maintain and baseline your systems

As the trusted partner for over 200 schools worldwide, 9ine has helped many education organisations assess their systems and services for security...

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AI in education

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AI in education: Finding your AI systems and categorising them for risk

The use of AI is being increasingly regulated (particularly in the education sector), to counter the risks and challenges that the use of AI in...

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cyber security incident in schools education

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7 steps for effective school cyber incident investigation

"We've been hacked!" These are the dreaded words which no school staff wants to hear from their IT department. Yet many schools around the world...

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AI in education: Leadership, oversight and do schools need an AI officer?

The increasing use of AI in schools requires leadership and oversight to ensure that the benefits and opportunities of AI are realised, whilst...

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Cyber security in schools education risk management

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How cyber attackers get into a school

Schools today are increasingly targeted by cyber attackers who use sophisticated methods to breach networks and steal or manipulate sensitive data. A...

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