Blogs & Updates

Protecting your School network
  April 15 2021

ICT

Isn’t it sad that we are living in an age where cyber criminals have become part of our everyday life. We receive spoofed emails and text messages, we get ”Potential Fraud” alerts on our phone. It is evident that one of our most valuable assets is our data.
Outsourcing ICT Support
  March 04 2021

ICT

With new technologies constantly being introduced and cyber threats evolving, IT support is essential for any school.
Schools and Ransomware in 2019 - Guest webinar from Redstor
  September 24 2019

ICT

To inform proactive ICT planning for the 2019/20 academic year, and following our previous guidance on schools and ransomware, this is a blog and accompanying webinar from our expert Online Backup p...
Advice for schools on the Ransomware crisis
  May 15 2017

ICT

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...
Ransomware latest - Schools targetted by fraudulent calls
  January 10 2017

ICT

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

ICT

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 ...
Top 10 tips to protect your school from computer viruses
  August 24 2016

ICT

Virus detection & prevention can be difficult to manage for busy schools with multiple users across site. We've provided some top tips to help you to combat the increasing number of virtual threa...