{"id":3970,"date":"2023-03-28T09:02:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T08:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2023-03-28T21:30:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:30:59","slug":"what-the-dfe-cyber-standards-mean-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/news\/what-the-dfe-cyber-standards-mean-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What the DfE Cyber Standards mean for you"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Having worked on school cyber resilience and awareness projects with the DfE and the National Cyber Security Centre, The Cyber Team at Education Data Hub are ideally placed to support school leaders in meeting the DfE Cyber Security Standards for Schools<\/a><\/strong>, which were updated on 10th<\/sup> October 2022.<\/p>\n These new cyber standards should be met by schools as soon as possible.\u00a0 But what are schools being asked to do and why is it important to meet these standards?\u00a0 Read our straightforward guide:-<\/p>\n Our \u2018Cyber Ready Project\u2019 was launched at the start of this academic year and has already successfully engaged with over 130 schools who have now started their cyber compliance journey. Education Data Hub work with Education Providers across the UK.\u00a0 Our team members are all former school staff who understand the pressures of a school environment, meaning our support is mindful of the school day\/calendar.<\/em><\/p>\n The DfE Cyber Standards for Schools aim to guide schools in meeting a minimum standard for cyber security, user accounts and data protection, and can support settings in implementing safer practices for all staff and students. Having worked on school cyber resilience and awareness projects with the DfE and the National Cyber Security Centre, The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4013,"href":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions\/4013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationdatahub.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nUsing the security features that devices already have is the most basic form of cyber security<\/li>\n
\nSuccessful cyber attacks target user accounts with the widest access and highest privileges on a network.<\/li>\n
\nMulti-factor authentication is especially important if an account has access to sensitive or personal data.<\/li>\n
\nUp-to-date anti-malware and anti-virus software reduces the risk from many forms of cyber attack.<\/li>\n
\nApplications can insert malware onto a network or have unintentional security weaknesses.<\/li>\n
\nHackers try to identify and exploit the vulnerability that each new security update addresses.<\/li>\n
\nIf all copies were held in the same location, they would all be at risk from natural disasters and criminal damage.<\/li>\n
\nBeing unprepared for a cyber attack can lead to poor decisions, slow recovery, and expensive mistakes.<\/li>\n
\nCyber attacks are crimes against a school that need to be investigated so perpetrators can be found and counter-measures identified.<\/li>\n
\nThe protection of sensitive and personal data is vital to the safety of staff and students, and the reputation and confidence placed in schools.<\/li>\n
\nThe most common forms of cyber attack rely on mistakes by busy staff members to be successful.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\nCONTACT US<\/a><\/strong> to find out more about our Cyber Ready Project and how we can help your school meet these new cyber requirements.<\/p>\nFollow us on Linked In<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"