For education
Cyber Security for Education
Protect schools, academy trusts and colleges, and meet the DfE cyber security standards. Security that works within real education budgets.
Overview
How we help
Schools and colleges hold sensitive data on children and staff, run on tight budgets and are squarely in the sights of attackers. Ransomware has shut down schools, and phishing routinely targets finance and leadership.
We help education organisations, from a single primary to a large multi-academy trust, meet the DfE cyber security standards, protect their data and train their people, all in plain English and without the enterprise price tag.
The challenges
What you are up against
Meeting the DfE cyber standards
The Department for Education sets cyber security standards for schools and colleges. We help you understand them and meet them.
Protecting pupil and staff data
You hold sensitive personal data and have clear duties under UK GDPR. We help you keep it safe and demonstrate that you have.
Mixed, ageing estates
Trusts often inherit a patchwork of systems across sites. We help you see and secure the whole picture.
Phishing and finance fraud
Attackers target school finance teams with convincing fraud. We train staff to spot it and build the habits that stop it.
Standards and frameworks
The frameworks that matter to you
- DfE cyber security standards
- The Department for Education standards for schools and colleges. We map your position and help you meet them.
- Cyber Essentials
- A strong, recognised baseline that fits well with the DfE standards.
- UK GDPR
- Your duty to protect pupil and staff data. We cover the security requirements.
- NCSC education guidance
- Practical, sector-specific guidance from the NCSC. We help you act on it.
Where to start
Recommended services
Penetration Testing
We attack your systems the way a real adversary would, then show you how to shut the door.
Learn moreSecurity Awareness Training and Phishing
Turn your staff from the weakest link into your first line of defence.
Learn moreCloud Security Hardening
Lock down your cloud tenancy against the attacks that actually land.
Learn moreSecurity Consultancy
Practical, vendor-neutral advice that moves your security forward.
Learn moreFAQs
Frequently asked questions
Do you understand the DfE cyber security standards?
Yes. We help schools and trusts assess where they stand against the DfE standards and build a realistic plan to meet them within budget.
Can you work across a multi-academy trust?
Yes. We regularly work across multiple sites with shared and separate systems, and we help trusts get a consistent view of security across the whole estate.
Will training work for busy school staff?
We design training to be short, relevant and engaging, so it fits around teaching and support duties rather than adding a burden.
Do you have the right safeguarding awareness to work in schools?
We work regularly with education clients and respect the safeguarding context that comes with working in and around schools. We will always agree the arrangements for any on-site work with you in advance.
Get started
Let's secure your organisation.
Tell us about your organisation and we will recommend the right approach. Quote only, no hard sell.