Blogs & Updates

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...
Schools receiving generic terrorism hoax email
  March 19 2018

MIS

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...
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

ICT

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...
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

ICT

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

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...
Update - Schools receive phishing emails posing as headteachers
  February 20 2017

ICT

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...