Educate employees about identifying cyber threats and how to mitigate them.

Tailored to meet the needs of education professionals and designed to be easy to access with no technical knowledge, this course is suitable for all school staff who use computer systems.

This course is designed to form part of a culture change from the acceptance of inevitable cyber threat to a proactive and responsive staff, empowered to protect your school.

The course covers:

The most common types of cyber threat E-safety and online safeguarding

Incident reporting and security of devices using simple security measures.

83% of schools have experienced a cyber incident*, yet only 41% have a business continuity plan, 4% have no backup and 61% had not tested or verified their backup. Despite these figures, 100% recognised that their school could not function or safeguard pupils effectively without crucial operational systems.

•LGfL's Cyber Security Schools Audit 2019.

By the end of the course staff should be able to:

• Understand what a cyber incident is

• Recognise the areas of highest risk and learn how to reduce them

• Understand what to do if they are concerned or notice a potential threat