Tagged Articles
Trick or treat – tackling online horror stories
There are some scary sights online, with ghouls and demons lurking in dark corners hoping to steal your information or ruin your day. Proton packs at the ready, it's time to exorcise some digital ghosts.
28th October 2019
The UK Safer Internet Centre Family Summer Challenge
Our resident digital parenting expert Elizabeth Milovidov has put together this Family Summer Challenge as part of our work for the UK Safer Internet Centre.
22nd July 2019
The clock is ticking for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Office 2010
Microsoft officially stops supporting Windows 7 on 14 January 2020. Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 also stop on 14 January 2020, and Office 2010 stops on 13 October 2020. If you’re running systems using any of these, there’s still time to act, but you’ll need to act quickly.
18th June 2019
The GDPR is 1
The GDPR’s first birthday has just passed, and everyone in the EU was invited to the party (as long as you consented to receive the invitation). What’s been happening in the data protection area since the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) came into force?
5th June 2019
Think. Check. Check again.
1 in 5 British schools and colleges experienced a cyber-attack, with 50% of those being targeted by a phishing scam according to research last year. For those attacked, the loss of data (82%) and the costs involved in putting things right (47%) were the two greatest concerns.
19th February 2019
The latest email scam: sextortion
There's always some inventive scam trying to con you out of money doing the rounds. And this latest trend is particularly colourful.
29th October 2018
What to do when you've been hacked
It's that feeling in your stomach, that knot, that sick feeling. You've tried to log into your social media account or email, and it says "password incorrect".
25th October 2018
Ransomware - Everything you need to know
What is ransomware? What does it do? What’s the point of ransomware? How does ransomware infect your device or your data? How do you protect yourself against ransomware?
10th October 2018
Free Password Management & Security Guide Released
With our increasing focus on security and data protection in schools, we are now releasing a new free resource to help users and system managers understand how passwords are compromised, and how to create and manage secure passwords.
10th October 2018
Safety and Security – Similar, yet different
Every school wants good safety and security. Achieving this, however, requires an understanding of how these two areas, often looked at as one, are quite different.
10th October 2018
Will Anti-Virus Alone Keep Us Safe?
You have seen the high-profile cases in the media and you know the damage malware can do. You may have even been a victim yourself. You already take steps to secure your devices and network. But are you doing enough?
10th October 2018
Sophos Takes Top Spot for Endpoint Protection
At SWGfL, we’ve been working with Sophos since April 2011 to bring market-leading security products to schools at reduced prices.
10th October 2018
3-2-1 Backup: 5 Tips to keep your data safe
With the increasing role of data in our lives, it has become increasingly important to plan for the possibility that it all might go wrong one day. And if you think about it, it’s not only an event that might happen, it probably will.
10th October 2018
Ransomware - don't fall victim
At SWGfL we’ve noticed that a number of schools have fallen victim to ransomware attacks. But what is ransomware and how can we prevent it causing havoc in schools?
8th October 2018
Ground-breaking ransomware protection now available!
Ransomware is one of the most prevalent types of malware affecting organisations today. It encrypts your files and holds them hostage until the ransom is paid. Find out how you can fend off attacks with our new anti-ransomware solution and download the Ransomware White Paper…
1st October 2018
Primary schools close the gap in online safety education - latest 360 report finds
Our annual 'State of the Nation' report into UK schools’ online safety policy and practice finds that while secondary schools perform better than primary schools, the difference isn’t as clear as it once was.
23rd January 2018