Blogs & Updates
Schools receiving generic terrorism hoax email
March 19 2018
Please be advised that schools have received emails today claiming that there is a student onsite with a bomb and are demanding $5,000.
We have contacted the anti-terrorism unit and they are treatin...
Schools receiving generic terrorism hoax email
March 19 2018
Please be advised that schools have received emails today claiming that there is a student onsite with a bomb and are demanding $5,000.
We have contacted the anti-terrorism unit and they are treatin...
Phishing email warning for schools
January 30 2018
We have had reports of school staff receiving phishing emails from senders posing as colleagues
What activity has been reported?
A member of staff (such as the School Business Manager) receives an ...
Advice for schools on the Ransomware crisis
May 15 2017
Following the recent NHS Ransomware crisis, as well as many other organisations being impacted, we feel it is important to send out an update on this subject.
As covered in our previous blogs, ther...
Update - Schools receive phishing emails posing as headteachers
February 20 2017
Following on from our blog last month about schools receiving Vishing (‘Voice phishing’) phone calls from fraudsters posing as ‘Department of Education’ officials, please be aware that schoo...
Ransomware latest - Schools targetted by fraudulent calls
January 10 2017
According to the police, "fraudsters are posing as government officials in order to trick people into installing ransomware which encrypts files on victims’ computers."
Further to our previous adv...
Latest advice for schools on ransomware
December 19 2016
Ransomware is an aggressive form of computer virus that targets your server, encrypts files and then demands a ransom for their release.
The technology driving ransomware - such as the CryptoLocker ...
New data items required for the Autumn Census
June 17 2016
The DfE have introduced 3 new data items to be collected in the Autumn 2016 Census, they are:
1. Pupil Nationality
To be recorded for: all pupils on roll and pupils that have left since the start of...
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