{"id":16779,"date":"2022-11-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/?p=16779"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:46:19","slug":"dfe-firewall-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/news\/education-news\/dfe-firewall-update\/","title":{"rendered":"School DfE cyber security requirements updated"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16779\" data-post-id=\"16779\" data-obj-id=\"16779\" class=\"elementor elementor-16779 dce-elementor-post-16779\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a97a07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-dce-background-image-url=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blog-post-top.png\" data-id=\"2a97a07\" 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loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\"><\/span>Exa <span class=\"lightblue\">News<\/span><\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28cb134 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28cb134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">School DfE cyber security requirements updated<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c284150 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c284150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86eb76d elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget__width-initial post-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"86eb76d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-ba9c996 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Date Posted:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>28.11.2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a339c7b elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Written by:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExa Networks\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c97ce1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4c97ce1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1a0dc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1a0dc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17ff6e4\" data-id=\"17ff6e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-944a48a custom-posts elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"944a48a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The Department for Education\u2019s Digital and Technology standards have been updated to include advice on cyber security.\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3f7039 custom-posts elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3f7039\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyber Security Risks for Schools<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd69a67 custom-posts elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd69a67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More schools are facing cyber security threats &#8211; In 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2022\/educational-institutions-findings-annex-cyber-security-breaches-survey-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">70% of secondary schools, and 41% of primary schools in the UK reported cyber attacks<\/a>, compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2022\/educational-institutions-findings-annex-cyber-security-breaches-survey-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">58% and 38% last year<\/a>, respectively.\u00a0<\/p><p>The most common type of cyber attack reported was phishing &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2022\/educational-institutions-findings-annex-cyber-security-breaches-survey-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">88% of reporting primary schools encountered this threat, and 87% of reporting secondary schools<\/a>. Phishing attacks are normally established through fake emails designed to look like legitimate messages from companies and contacts. To find out more about cyber attacks, check the security section of our <a href=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/knowledge-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Knowledge Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea73d18 custom-posts elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea73d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Standards<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92dcf59 custom-posts elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92dcf59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 10th October 2022, the Department for Education updated their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/meeting-digital-and-technology-standards-in-schools-and-colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital &amp; Technology guidance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ensure children are kept safe while using technology at school. The latest update includes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/meeting-digital-and-technology-standards-in-schools-and-colleges\/cyber-security-standards-for-schools-and-colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cyber security requirements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for school and college firewalls. Firewalls block incoming and outgoing traffic that could be harmful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81a2f9e custom-posts elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81a2f9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To meet this standard schools must:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n\n \t<li>Protect every device with a correctly configured boundary, or software firewall<\/li>\n \t<li>Keep firewall firmware up to date<\/li>\n \t<li>Protect access to the firewall\u2019s administrative interface with multi-factor authentication, or a small specified IP-allow list combined with a managed password, or prevent access from the internet entirely<\/li>\n \t<li>Use anti-malware software to protect all devices in the network, including cloud-based networks<\/li>\n\n<br>\nIn addition:\n\n \t<li>Accounts should only have the access they require to perform their role and should be authenticated to access data and services<\/li><br>\nThe <span style=\"color: #813287;\"><a style=\"color: #813287;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/meeting-digital-and-technology-standards-in-schools-and-colleges\/cyber-security-standards-for-schools-and-colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #009fe3;\">full document<\/span><\/a><\/span> includes wider points on cyber security that you may find useful.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-23dfbce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23dfbce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd4697b\" data-id=\"dd4697b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d1446f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d1446f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DfE Cyber Security Checklist<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c486a4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c486a4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb78336\" data-id=\"cb78336\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0878a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0878a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>In the meantime, we\u2019ve made a handy checklist to help you identify if your cyber security meets these requirements.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>If you\u2019d like more information on our services, feel free to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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