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CYBER SECURITY / BUSINESS CONTINUITY SERVICE PLAN

Protecting your school for every eventuality

An independent ICT security audit providing a report on cyber security risks and actions required to mitigate against them.

The Academy Trust Handbook provides the following direction: Be aware of the risk of cybercrime and put in place proportionate controls and appropriate action where a cyber security incident has occurred.

Benefits

Staying upto date with the latest risks in cyber security is a full time job. Our service pro-actively TITLE manages your cyber security risks, reduces the number of cyber security incidents by securing vulnerabilities and protects your data.

Products

• Review of ICT security policies (also checked by DPO via audit) • Working in conjunction with LGfL, technology security testing (access levels, password strengths and usage, operating systems, network security, patch levels).

Contract types

• Bespoke project: one-off piece of work personalised to your requirements

• Procurement: hardware and software on a quote basis

• Service Level Agreement: annual agreement to support on an ongoing basis

TITLE VIRTUAL ICT DIRECTOR

Helping you to have confidence in your ICT strategy in both the short and long term

MATs may require ICT leadership capabilities to lead strategically and see through on projects and improvements to ensure the school and Trust has the best IT strategy in place. The Virtual ICT Director service provides a senior manager appropriate to the size and growth plans of the trust benefitting from expertise without incurring the full time cost of ICT Director.

Benefits

Employing an ICT Director is a costly solution that most trust cannot afford even if they need to. Our service provides your trust access to an ICT Director at a fraction of the cost. Helping your trust maintain an appropriately sized Senior Leadership team, with all the benefits of a larger trust.

The service provides full leadership oversight inclusive of ICT strategy, technology risk management, technology governance, short and long term planning.

Products

• Dedicated Virtual ICT Director for your trust

• Project oversight and scrutiny

• Advice and Guidance on managing in house

IT provision

Contract types

• Bespoke project: one-off piece of work personalised to your requirements

• Procurement: hardware and software on a quote basis

• Service Level Agreement: annual agreement to support on an ongoing basis