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Risk management is an important component of the governance regime of a school, yet for many schools, there is a struggle to operationalise it. Many school staff find it difficult to identify and record risks so the school can respond to developing...
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In the modern educational landscape, the importance of robust cyber security cannot be overstated. Schools are custodians of sensitive data, from...
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In the digital age, cyber security training in schools is not just an option but a necessity. With the increasing use of technology in education,...
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Schools are reliant on technology to manage educational resources, student information, and administrative functions. With this dependency comes the...
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The well-being of students in today’s digital-native world is inextricably linked to robust safeguarding and cybersecurity measures. Effective...
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9ine, a leading consultancy in data protection and cyber security for educational institutions, is delighted to welcome SkoolSpot, a leading provider...
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Exploring the impact of Artificial Intelligence in educational institutions and the considerations that need to be made when implementing AI...
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A comprehensive guide for technology leaders in schools, on how zero trust architectures can benefit the school’s cyber security practices, and what...
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Discover how schools can easily comply with the Department of Education's Digital Standards to make informed technology decisions and enhance...
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9ine, a leading consultancy in data protection and cyber security for educational institutions, is delighted to welcome Toddle, a leading teaching,...
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In today's digital age, schools must prioritise online security to protect against cyber threats and safeguard sensitive data.
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9ine, a leading consultancy in data protection and cyber security for educational institutions, is delighted to welcome Vidigami, a pioneer in secure...
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The proliferation of free apps in the wake of the global pandemic created a wild west scenario, prompting schools to reconsider and regain control...
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Discover the new requirements set by Google and Yahoo for bulk senders and learn how to enhance your email security. Find out how these changes will...
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KCSIE 2023 has been updated, with schools and colleges needing to evidence compliance by September 2023. With 558 unique requirements, having...
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Cybercriminals use developments in technology to gain competitive advantage in an ongoing arms race to be one step ahead of cybersecurity defences....
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Cyber threats will continue to evolve at the same pace as all other technological developments, benefiting cyber criminals to the same extent as it...
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In today's digital age, schools are not only responsible for educating their students but also protecting them from cyber threats. With the increased...
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Social media has become an integral part of our lives, allowing us to connect with friends, family, and colleagues. It also, however, plays a role in...
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Schools are increasingly facing cyber threats that are becoming more and more sophisticated. Cybersecurity threats can be devastating, as they can...
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Cyberthreats are becoming an increasingly pressing issue for schools as more and more educational institutions rely on technology to provide students...
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Supply chain attacks are a growing concern for schools, as they can have a significant impact on the operations and security of the institution. A...
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Starting off, and being 100% transparent. It wasn’t just seven random schools. As a general rule (subject to the availability of our team), when a...
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To make sure your school is covered for Cyber Incidents under the RPA, school members need to ensure that four conditions are met:
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With the joys of Brexit behind us the government is preparing to legislate on changes to the UK-GDPR. Their view, the EU-GDPR is too onerous and...
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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...
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The spiritual successor to Vine, the short form video creation app TikTok has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years. Arguably most popular with...
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Data Protection has arguably been around for decades in various forms; however, in the last five years there has been a global movement to push for...
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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued its final Guidelines on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach Notification (Guidelines). The...
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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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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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Read part 1 here! Edtech services can enhance teaching and learning within the classroom, and we have all become well acquainted with different...
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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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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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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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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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Facial recognition poses risks and unquantifiable damage to students, staff and other data subjects when used in schools. Given that the technology...
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Canadian legislators introduced Bill C-11 in 2020, also known as the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020, which would have repealed parts of the...
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Since Britain’s departure from the European Union, there have been no changes to its data protection laws. The UK is well within its rights to detach...
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In December 2020, a group of cybercriminals that go by the name of ALTDOS were discovered. The Group has been found to be attacking businesses all...
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TikTok is the social media platform that has weaved its way into our society and engrained itself into the minds of our children. The video content...
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On August 20th, the National People’s Congress of China enacted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which will become effective on...
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Subject Access Requests (“SARs”) intertwine with a data subject's right to access and receive a copy of their personal data, and other supplementary...
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During 2020, Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”) underwent amendments resulting in the expansion of data protection...
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On 29th January 2021, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) announced that there would be amendments to the Singapore Personal Data...
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Data can oftentimes seem intangible, we can’t feel it or physically see where it goes. Ever since the ruling of Schrems II, organisations have been...
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In January 2020, the Hong Kong Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau released a paper linking to discussions around amendments to the Personal...
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A useful and positive aspect of using student pictures on your school’s website and social media platforms is that it creates a sense of community...
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Data protection regulations vary all over the world, and some countries don’t even have any regulations. Wherever you are in the world, data...
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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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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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Not all sports clubs have €300,000 just kicking about. However, last week we saw an unnamed football association get hit with a large fine due to...
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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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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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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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Schools are increasingly gravitating towards automated biometric systems for the authentication and security of their students. These systems are...
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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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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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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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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 The International Council Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA) to Transform Data Privacy and Cyber Protections...
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Recent research from Microsoft suggests that education providers across the world are increasingly falling victim to malware encounters. In January...
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The pandemic has forced teachers and other school staff to work from home and students to take online lessons. This has led to increase in the risk...
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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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Network hacks have become increasingly frequent in the past few years - especially in schools. The reason being, the less than optimal security...
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WE HAVE 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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In 2019, 71% of organizations experienced Malware activity that spread from one employee to another. In 2020, that number fell to 60%, its lowest for...
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The ongoing pandemic has forced schools to conduct classes from home which has led to an increasing number of threats and loopholes to exploit for...
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Ameya Gondhalekar: Dec 21, 2020 12:38:58 PM
9ine’s GRC App has been created with educational organisations at the heart of its design, providing your school with access to an affordable,...
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Ameya Gondhalekar: Dec 21, 2020 11:47:17 AM
2020 was a year of disruption and unprecedented challenges, we are proud that we could support so many schools as part of the 9ine family of clients....
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Having a password policy within your school should be expected; having a password policy that’s easy to understand and therefore actually followed by...
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In the UK, businesses, organisations and government bodies are mandated to follow specific guidelines in order to protect the sensitive information...
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A well-planned governance, risk and compliance (GRC) strategy comes with lots of benefits: improved decision-making, more optimal IT investments,...
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Many of you will have seen Netflix’s docudrama, The Social Dilemma. The film explores the alarming human impact of social media, with experts from...
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As the trusted partner for over 200 schools worldwide, 9ine has helped many organisations assess their systems and services for security weaknesses...
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Organisations are under increasing pressure from regulatory updates, changes in compliance laws and employee expectations to ensure that the data...
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Many organisations will have had to modify existing solutions and services or install and commission new systems and services to facilitate remote...
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Most schools have tried their hand at variations of distance learning, from delivering lessons via virtual learning environments (VLEs) to presenting...
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One day you click on a folder and a message appears on your screen, telling you that access has been denied to your files until you pay a certain sum...
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The National Centre for Cyber Security recently published an alert for those responsible for IT and Data Protection in education. The alert brings to...
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The Schrems II decision was announced earlier this week and the EU-US Privacy Shield has been declared to be inadequate.
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In order to excel in your governance of data privacy and protection, it is essential that there is understanding and visibility of all personal data...
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A core part of data privacy and protection compliance is about demonstrating accountability. This includes the ability to evidence management...
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Without a doubt, the most successful data protection initiatives that we have seen in the education sector are those that have had buy-in from team...
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A good data protection program starts with good governance. Governance is the thinking behind the implementation of strategy and a key activity in...
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In this blog, we reveal some of the most common cyber threats to the education sector and explore questions such as who is committing cyber crimes,...
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In the aftermath of the decision to cancel exams by the International Baccalaureate (IB), we have received a number of enquiries from IB World...
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With the COVID-19 situation forcing global school closures, schools have hastily introduced new platforms to continue delivering lessons. When it...
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When reporting COVID-19 confirmed cases, how can we ensure we meet the requirements of the GDPR? Can online school counselling sessions be recorded?...
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With the rush to implement video platforms that profess to offer safe and secure remote learning, we have compiled a list of frequently asked...
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In our previous blog, "Data Protection Guidelines for Remote Working and Data Sharing," we published some simple steps to help you identify the risks...
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It has been reported that a suspicious email is currently being sent to an education sector association. An attacker is contacting individuals and...
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School IT systems are like buildings. If you are constructing a building from the ground up you would develop plans, specifications, an operations...
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In the current climate, it is important that schools do not use data protection regulations to discourage remote working or data sharing, but instead...
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Over the last two years, we have spent hundreds of hours working with individuals and departments mapping data processes in line with data protection...
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9ine are supporting schools around the world in the eventuality that they are required to provide school services remotely as a result of the...
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Last week, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) published a bill that, if passed, would create a US federal data protection agency designed to...
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A data breach is a very different type of crisis to others that you may encounter in your school and is likely to occur where a security incident...
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Each month Heidi-Anne O'Neill, 9ine's in-house Data Protection Solicitor shares a frequently asked question to assist school leaders in solving...
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Technology is transformative. In 2020 schools and universities worldwide are dependent on the IT infrastructure that supports them. As schools...
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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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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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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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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 Security Guidance from the Charity Commission
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Schools need to be prepared and ready for a no-deal Brexit The EDPB has just published adopted (12th February 2019) guidance on the requirements on...
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How is A Vulnerability Assessment achieved? In our last blog, “How secure is your school from Cyber attacks?” we outlined that schools need to move...
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Do you know who holds your personal information? How reassured do you feel that your information is being managed in line with the General Data...
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In the headlines... Since the beginning of 2018 and through the lead-up to the updated data protection regulations [GDPR] in May 2018, one of the...
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) forms part of the data protection regime in a number of European countries through their national...
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Data protection law is changing on a global scale. Initiated in part by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU, countries across the...
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Within the working world, changing data protection laws have placed legal obligations upon the management of employees’ personal data - including the...
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Whichever sector you operate in, new data protection law makes it a legal requirement that you assess the risks to your IT systems and services. Your...
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A former IT Manager at a school in Surrey has been found guilty of seven offences including fraud, cyber-crime and burglary following discoveries...
