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Discover the latest on AI, data protection, and cyber security.

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FAQ: Impact of California Privacy Act 2018 on Schools Globally

Each month Heidi-Anne O'Neill, 9ine's in-house Data Protection Solicitor shares a frequently asked question to assist school leaders in solving problems and developing best practices in data protection and cyber security.

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2020 School Predictions: Data Protection & Cyber Security

Technology is transformative. In 2020 schools and universities worldwide are dependent on the IT infrastructure that supports them. As schools...

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Cyber Security in Schools: Home and Mobile Working

Providing staff with the privilege of access to data when working remotely is standard practice across schools. Staff will often access the school...

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Cyber Security in Schools: Event Log Monitoring

In this seventh blog in the series which builds upon every stage of the NCSC's 10 Steps to Cyber Security, we look at Event Log Monitoring. In our...

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Cyber Security in Schools: Passwords & Human Firewall

In this sixth blog in the series we look at User Privileges, following the guidance from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). We explore how...

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Cyber Compliance Requirements - Academies Financial Handbook 2019

To comply with section 6.9 - 6.12 of the Academies Financial Handbook, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) must be aware of the risk of fraud, theft and...

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Cyber Crime & Fraud - What Your Governing Body Needs to Know

Cyber Security Guidance from the Charity Commission

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Stepping Stones

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Cyber Security: Incident Management for School Continuity

In this fifth blog in the series, we look at Incident Management, following the guidance from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). We...

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Security in the cloud: Office 365

Have you ever been asked, "how secure is our cloud platform?" or, "how can we minimise the risk of a data breach in our cloud apps?”

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Malware Prevention: Establishing & Maintaining Defenses

In this fourth blog in the series, we look at Malware Prevention, following the guidance from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). We...

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Data Protection & CIS International Accreditation Standards

KEY CHANGES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR WITHIN CIS’ REVISED INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION PROTOCOL Over the past year there have been significant...

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User Awareness: Protecting Users & School Network

In this third blog in the series, we look at user awareness. We explore how schools can implement technical and organisational measures to protect...

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Test tubes in a lab

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Cyber Security Research in Schools

Due to the success of 9ine’s data protection research at the start of the year and the cyber findings uncovered during the analysis, we are currently...

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Network Security: Reducing Unauthorised Access & Data Protection

In this blog, the second in the series, we look at Network Security, following the guidance from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). We...

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