by Jill Thorburn | Jun 22, 2020 | Improving practice, Internet safety
Communicating in the ‘new normal’ As restrictions ease, local authorities and other organisations are reviewing the information security implications of practices adopted in the early days of lockdown. What was understandable then may now be starting to...
by Yvonne Anderson | May 4, 2020 | Covid-19 coronavirus, data, Data Security, Internet safety
3 minute read The third and final in this series of blog posts looks at some of the risks and benefits of working in new ways with children and young people. Read the previous posts here: phishing, videoconferencing. Connecting digitally Face to face meetings across...
by Yvonne Anderson | May 1, 2020 | Covid-19 coronavirus, Data Security, Internet safety
3 minute read This is the second information security post in a series of three; the first looked at the rise of phishing emails. Attacks on videoconferencing Another increase in cyber crime involves attacks on videoconferencing. The reason for this is simply that...
by Yvonne Anderson | Apr 30, 2020 | Covid-19 coronavirus, Data Security, Internet safety
5 minute read This is the first of three blogs to highlight the main current and continuing risks and offer some straightforward preventive and mitigating actions. Cyber criminals have upped their activity Yes, it’s a fact that cyber criminals have increased some of...
by Yvonne Anderson | Apr 16, 2019 | Data Security, Internet safety, Mind Of My Own
Not to be missed by anyone working with children and young people, our final blog in the trilogy on internet safety is by guest author Dave Miles from Parentzone. Digital resilience Digital technologies are present in most areas of life. People will encounter risks...
