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Excel – Create an Auto Incrementing Reference Number
A simple way to add reference numbers that automatically increment as new entries are added into a table.
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Calculating Working Days in Excel
A quick summary of how to use Excel functions to work out the number of working days available across a period of time.
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Cyber security standards for schools and colleges in detail – Part Five
In the fifth and final deep dive into the cyber security standards we cover cyber attack reporting, data protection impact assessments and staff training.
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Cyber security standards for schools and colleges in detail – Part Four
For part four of our detailed look at Cyber security standards for schools and colleges, we will take a look at the standards relating to backup and business continuity/disaster recovery planning.
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Cyber Security Standards for Schools and Colleges in Detail – Part Three
Part Three of the look at the Cyber Security Standards for schools and colleges – this time we look at anti-malware, checking application security and licensing.
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Cyber Security Standards for Schools and Colleges in Detail – Part Two
In part two of our look at the Cyber security standards for schools and colleges we will dig into the standards relating to user accounts and their security.
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Cyber Security Standards for Schools and Colleges in Detail – Part One
We take a deeper look at the first two standards in the DfE Cyber security standards for schools and colleges; firewalls and secure network devices.
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Cyber security standards for schools and colleges
Hot on the heels of the Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges discussed in an earlier blog post series, the Department for Education have also now added Cyber Security standards for schools and colleges, with a new document published on the 10th October 2022. The document sets Read more…
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Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges – Part Three
A look over the Department of Educations documents outlining standards and timescales for implementing IT infrastructure that meets the needs of students in schools and colleges. In part three we look at wireless network standards standards.
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Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges – Part Two
A look over the Department of Educations documents outlining standards and timescales for implementing IT infrastructure that meets the needs of students in schools and colleges. In part two we look at network equipment and cabling standards.