Cyber security

Cyber security should be high on the agenda for any school with a reliance on IT and online systems.  Falling victim to cyber attacks can result in disruption to teaching and learning, financial loss, data breaches and can affect staff wellbeing.

Cyber security and cyber resilience both have an equal part to play in reducing the cyber risk to organisations:

• Cyber security focuses on preventing hackers penetrating your IT systems
• Cyber resilience is the ability of an organisation to protect itself from, detect, respond to and recover from a cyber attack

Taking a methodical and proactive approach to cyber security and putting in place basic safeguards can greatly reduce the risk to your educational setting.