Mark Orchison

Mark Orchison is the CEO of 9ine, a leading provider of technology, cyber and privacy services to schools. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Mark is a highly respected thought leader in the field of technology, cyber, privacy and safeguarding in K-12 education. He has a proven track record of helping organisations of all sizes to navigate the rapidly changing digital and regulatory landscape and capitalise on new opportunities. Mark’s vision has shaped the development of a revolutionary low cost consultancy-as-a-service software platform enabling schools to gain easy access to expertise in technology, cyber, privacy and safeguarding. Mark is also a regular speaker at industry events and an expert contributor to accreditation commissions on accreditation standards relating to privacy and cyber security.

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Malware Update: Education Malware Morphs to be Undetectable

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 exfiltration of data and control over systems through undetectable traffic through the firewall....

Technology

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Lonely Malware Seeking School for Unfriendly Encounter

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...

Technology

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Improving Cybersecurity In Independent UK Schools

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...

Technology

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How To Process Biometric Data Appropriately

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...

Technology Data Privacy

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Evaluating Safeguarding Data Risk with DPIA: Child Protection

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...

Technology Data Privacy

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What your school can do in response to Everyone’s Invited

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...

Technology Data Privacy

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Easter/Spring Break Cyber Attack Update: Slash Vulnerabilities by 85%

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...

Technology

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9ine Partners with Japan Council of International Schools (JCIS)

Mark Orchison: Mar 10, 2021 11:50:50 AM

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 ICAISA: Elevating School Accreditation

Mark Orchison: Mar 5, 2021 1:41:53 PM

9ine Partners with The International Council Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA) to Transform Data Privacy and Cyber Protections...

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Why Schools May Lose Cyber Threat Insurance Coverage

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...

Technology Data Privacy

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How can My School Benefit from GRC Technology?

Mark Orchison: Nov 25, 2020 9:00:00 AM

A well-planned governance, risk and compliance (GRC) strategy comes with lots of benefits: improved decision-making, more optimal IT investments,...

Technology Data Privacy

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Guarding Schools Against Distance Learning Cyber Threats

Mark Orchison: Sep 29, 2020 6:14:34 PM

Most schools have tried their hand at variations of distance learning, from delivering lessons via virtual learning environments (VLEs) to presenting...

Technology Data Privacy

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NCSC Alert: Education Targeted by Ransomware Attacks

Mark Orchison: Sep 25, 2020 12:59:47 PM

The National Centre for Cyber Security recently published an alert for those responsible for IT and Data Protection in education. The alert brings to...

Technology Data Privacy

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Privacy Shield Invalidated - EU Ruling On EU-US Data Flow‎

Mark Orchison: Jul 21, 2020 6:10:49 PM

The Schrems II decision was announced earlier this week and the EU-US Privacy Shield has been declared to be inadequate.

Data Privacy

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