The DfE has added IT support to its digital and technology standards. We look at what the standard asks of colleges and academy trusts, where support services commonly fall short, and how to prepare for the annual review.
The DfE has made a series of changes to its digital and technology standards this year, covering cyber security, filtering and monitoring, and wireless networks. We look at what has changed and what colleges and academy trusts should do about it.
The final part (for now at least) of my look at the DfE standards for digital and technology within schools and colleges. This time looking at servers and related equipment.
Part two of the look at the additional standards from the DfE covering digital and technology standards for schools and colleges. This time, the thorny subject of cloud.
In March 2023 the DfE added three more standards to their Meeting Digital and Technology Standards series. Here we look at the first of these, filtering and monitoring.
In the fifth and final deep dive into the cyber security standards we cover cyber attack reporting, data protection impact assessments and staff training.
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.
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.
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.
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.