Tag Archives: Data Security

USB Stick: Don’t Lose It!

While this video offers a light-hearted view of the loss of USB sticks, it does serve as a reminder that they do go missing. If you work in a school please, please, please don’t store children’s information on USB sticks. If you don’t have access to secure on-line file storage, ask your IT provider/local government [...]

Detailed Data Security Guidance Delayed

Further to my previous post on Data Handling Security, Ray Fleming (UK Education Industry Manager, Microsoft) has posted on his blog information pertaining to an additional, detailed guidance document from Becta. Ray reports that the document, which contains specific information on MIS data items and levels of security, was originally due for publication in December [...]

Becta: Data Handling Security Guidance for Schools

I originally posted this on the Bolton Schools ICT Unit Blog back in September 2008 but, following my meeting yesterday, I thought I’d re-publish it here. Becta updated their Information Security Advice page for schools last year and provided a more detailed document (Keeping Data Safe, Secure and Legal) which expands upon previous advice. This [...]

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