by UWD Admin | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
What to do if Your School Suffer a Data Breach Data Breach: What to do if your school suffers a data breach: Our growing reliance on technology has been compounded and increased by the coronavirus pandemic . From working remotely, to communicating with family, to...
by UWD Admin | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
What Schools Must do to Tackle Ransomware Crisis What schools must do to tackle ransomware crisis! Cyber criminals are increasingly using ransomware to attack the education sector. The trend is most noticeable in the US, with criminals locking up school’s systems and...
by UWD Admin | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Support for UK education sector after growth in cyber attacks The NCSC has updated an alert following the increase in ransomware attacks against the education sector National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) provides additional support for education establishments...
by UWD Admin | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Electronic vs. Paper copies Should you keep both electronic and paper records of some important data? In light of the ever increasing number of cyber attacks on the education sector, and the advice given by the NCSC, we at DPO For Education continue to advise our...
by UWD Admin | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Appointing a data protection officer A simple guide to understand the role of a DPO in schools and who is and who is not suitable for the role. Whatever the size and setting of your school, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) places high expectations on you...
