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9ine: Jan 11, 2022 10:51:40 AM
Late last year we saw Facebook change its name to Meta, along with the announcement of the metaverse. The metaverse is a virtual-reality space in...
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Mark Orchison: Nov 4, 2021 8:34:22 AM
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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9ine: Nov 4, 2021 8:07:07 AM
On 29th September 2021, a University in Milan (the University) was subject to an administrative fine of EU200,000 under the GDPR by the Italian data...
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9ine: Nov 4, 2021 8:00:10 AM
China is well on its way to reaching 1 billion internet users, meaning that the country houses around 20% of all people on the internet to date....
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Mark Orchison: Jun 29, 2021 9:56:20 AM
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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Mark Orchison: Jun 28, 2021 10:41:27 AM
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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9ine: Jun 16, 2021 11:49:41 AM
The National Cyber Security Centre (“NCSC”) recently released a formal alert informing schools on yet another increase in ransomware attacks within...
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Mark Orchison: Jun 10, 2021 3:20:14 PM
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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Mark Orchison: Jun 1, 2021 3:50:05 PM
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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Mark Orchison: May 24, 2021 3:00:55 PM
Schools are increasingly gravitating towards automated biometric systems for the authentication and security of their students. These systems are...
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Mark Orchison: May 5, 2021 11:09:18 AM
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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Mark Orchison: Mar 31, 2021 10:17:19 AM
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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Mark Orchison: Mar 30, 2021 1:38:58 PM
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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Mark Orchison: Feb 4, 2021 6:08:43 AM
Recent research from Microsoft suggests that education providers across the world are increasingly falling victim to malware encounters. In January...
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