Free webinar series:
Security and safeguarding in education
Join our free webinars to keep up to date with the latest threats to your school or college's digital and online safety.
For any organisation, digital and IT security can be a challenge. And in education, student safeguarding adds an extra layer of complexity to manage. That’s why we’re offering a series of digital security and safeguarding webinars designed just for schools and colleges. They'll cover the latest threats and security risks faced in education, along with practical advice on overcoming them.
Our three one-hour webinar sessions are led by industry experts in their fields.
Running at the end of the school day, each webinar looks at the shifting security challenges from a different perspective.
Security and safeguarding threats come in many guises and from many different places, which means your school or college's security strategy needs to be multi-faceted too.
By considering these three topics and solutions together, you'll have a well-rounded idea of how to protect your whole ecosystem.
Webinar 1. Protect your network and data from cyber threats
Wednesday 8th June 2022 - 4pm to 5pm
Hear about the latest ways that intruders could breach your school or college systems. Keep malicious nasties at bay and get tips on fighting back.
- Hear from Mike Fortune, BT’s very own ethical hacker on the importance of securing not just your network, but your people too.
- Mike is an expert on security behaviour, insider threats and social engineering. He has a wealth of experience in advising schools, colleges and organisations of all sizes on mitigating risks from today’s online world.
- During this webinar, Mike will look at new and emerging threats facing education networks and the sneaky ways that cyber criminals seek to breach your defences. He'll look at how and why they do it.
- We'll also hear from Education security specialists Smoothwall on the practical steps you can take to keep your network safe using firewall and filter solutions.
Webinar 2. The latest safety risks online - Safeguard your students
Monday 13th June 2022 - 4pm to 5pm
Keep abreast of emerging digital safeguarding threats and hear how to monitor and prevent access to dangerous or inappropriate content, in line with the latest regulations.
- Hear from Kat Howard, Digital Safeguarding Specialist at market leader Smoothwall on protecting your students and staff with best-in-class proactive monitoring.
- Hear about increasing risk categories, like pornography and speaking with strangers, as well as how children are targeted and what DSLs can do to minimise the risks.
- Kat will give valuable advice on the practical steps you can take to keep everyone safe, whilst measuring up against the stringent standards expected in education. Including the Prevent Duty and the DfE's Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.
- You'll also get to watch a live demo of Smoothwall’s proactive monitoring solution in action and see how easy it can be to track student usage and set alerts.
Webinar 3. Protect your endpoint devices like laptops and tablets
Tuesday 21st June 2022 - 4pm to 5pm
The security features of modern devices act as an important first line of defence to your school or college's overall security strategy. Learn how in this session.
- Device-based security is your first line of defence, with both the operating system and the device hardware itself playing a big part in your overall strategy.
- Hear about the amazing built-in security features that come with a modern Windows ecosystem, including the latest, safest Windows version that's built specifically for education - Windows SE.
- You'll also hear from education device experts Microsoft Surface, who'll explain exactly how built-in security features can protect your students and their devices. The latest Surface SE was developed with schools in mind, giving all the performance of a Surface at a great price for education customers.
We know education
- 14,000 education customers
- Experienced education team
- Deep understanding of the challenges you face. Like those around security
We know security
- We prevent 125,000 cyber attacks on our own network every month
- Plus our network protects the UK’s critical national infrastructure, like the Ministry of Defence and National Cyber Security Centre
Who should attend?
This webinar series is ideal for your school or college's Senior Leadership Team, your Digital Safeguarding Leads and anyone else with responsibility for student safety online. It'll also be useful for those in charge of your school's network, systems and data security, including your network and ICT teams.