Meeting digital and technology standards, as well as cyber security standards in schools

Breathe Technology writes… even though it’s almost Christmas!

DfE Guidelines, KCSiE Guidelines, Cyber Security

As we head towards the end of the year and our attention is focused on Christmas trees, family, and pigs in blankets, we are also preparing for a new school year.

2023 brought us new technology and definitely new risks, and cyber security has been a prominent theme.

The DfE has also been great in providing guidance relating to the Digital, Technology, and Cyber Security Standards for your trust or school, and the latest addition is the updated KCSIE.

In the documents below are the guidelines set by the DfE in the latest KCSiE (Sept 2023), but also an extract from the Digital and Technology Standards (March 2023), focusing on cyber security.

Breathe is dedicated to helping out trusts and schools with IT and specifically getting the basic systems and processes to ensure our safety. Not only to avoid cyber security attacks and breaches, but also to ensure we are able to cope with such an event.

We have teamed up with global security leader SonicWall and have the following offers for you:

  1. Free-of-charge security risk analysis by Breathe
  2. A free demonstration of the SonicWall products (Firewall, Web Filter, and Office 365 Security) and discussion on your security and safeguarding currently in place
  3. Heavily discounted pricing and trade-in programme against your old firewall and webfilter hardware. Meaning you get something back on old systems that would normally have no resale value and end up with the latest technology that meets the guidelines. (Get the hardware free when purchasing the standard 3-year licence or warranty.)

Helping Schools Meet The DfE’s Digital & Technology Standards

KSiE Statutory Guidance and Changes to Online Safeguarding

We are wondering if we are able to help your school too, get in touch.



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