Cyber resilience for education, so learning never stops

Keeping classrooms open & attackers locked out

The attack starts long before anyone notices. By the time the register won’t load, the backups are already gone, the phones are down, and the school gates won’t open.

About this Session

A clear view of where your real exposure sits

This year, 73% of secondary schools, 88% of colleges and 98% of universities identified a breach or attack. You have already invested in security. What is harder to be certain of is whether it would hold long enough to keep students in lessons, or whether a gap nobody has flagged would close the doors instead. When it does, students feel it first, not IT.

We will take this year’s education incidents apart stage by stage. How the attacker got in, what the first weeks looked like for students, parents and staff, the checks that would have caught it early, and the one place almost every organisation gets wrong.

Who will benefit from this session

Built for leadership, IT and governance teams in schools, academy trusts, colleges and universities. Plain English throughout, no technical background needed.

How do attackers get in?

Rarely through the route most teams are watching. We will show you what we find instead.

How long does learning stop?

Longer than anyone plans for. The first hour sets the pace, and the systems students need most come back last. We will show you what decides it.

Which checks were missed?

Simpler than you would think. Most sit on a checklist somewhere, untested until it matters. We will give you the list.

What do most get wrong?

Assuming the cover will respond and the backups are safe. Both come with conditions few boards have checked. We will show you what to settle now.

Who you will hear from

The people who handle the recoveries

You know cyber risk is real. What is harder to be certain of is whether the investment you have already made is genuinely protecting the institute, or whether gaps exist that nobody has flagged. If an attack halts your operation, the cost and the fallout land at board level, not in IT.

We will explore the full lifecycle of a cyber breach. How an attack unfolds, where recovery stalls, and the preventative measures, resilience strategies and recovery planning every organisation should have in place.