Cyber security in schools

This course covers:

• How to spot common cyber security risks (such as ‘phishing’ emails) and how to avoid them
• Creating strong passwords to enhance device and system security
• What to do in the event of a cyber security breach

This course is designed for school staff, and won’t cover the additional information your governors or trustees will need to fulfill their role in cyber security. A separate course for governors and trustees is coming soon.

If you have specialist IT staff, they’ll need more technical training to help them fulfill their responsibilities around cyber security.

We want our training to be a positive experience for all learners. If you have any access needs (for example, a visual impairment or dyslexia), please let us know to see how we can help by contacting [email protected].

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Sources

• Password administration for system owners, National Cyber Security Centre
• Avoiding phishing attacks, National Cyber Security Centre
• Ransomware, National Cyber Security Centre
• Cyber security standards for schools and colleges, GOV.UK - DfE
• Judicium Education

Our thanks to the following experts for helping us develop the content of this course:

Vickie Cieplak is cyber protect, prepare and prevent officer, and Edward Trimbee is detective sergeant, at West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit. Funded by the National Cyber Security Programme, the unit delivers free cyber crime policing support to the public and private sector in its region.

Karen Mitchell has spent much of her career working in local authorities providing ICT and information management support services to schools. She now works as an independent consultant in the school sector and is vice chair of the resource committee on a school governing board.