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Cyber Security

Strengthen security without adding complexity

Protect your systems, data and school community through practical, education-focused cyber security support.

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Supporting more than 1,000 schools across the UK

  • Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
  • The BRIT School
  • E-ACT
  • The Kemnal Academies Trust
  • Ashfield School
  • Copleston High School
  • Highfield Primary School
  • Hilperton CofE Primary School
  • Macclesfield Academy
  • Manor CofE Academy
  • Nelson Thomlinson School
  • One In A Million Free School
  • Oulton Primary School
  • Oxlip Learning Partnership
  • Sandon School
  • South Green Infant and Nursery School
  • South Hylton Primary Academy
  • St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School
  • Strawberry Fields Primary School
  • Westcliff High School for Girls
  • Advantage Schools Trust
  • Castle View Enterprise Academy
  • Compass EKO Trust
  • Dr Challoner's High School for Girls
  • Every Child Every Day Academy Trust
  • Impact Multi Academy Trust
  • Magna Learning Partnership
  • Mercian Trust
  • St Olave's Grammar School
  • Tonbridge Grammar School
  • White Rose Academy Trust
  • Wilson's School
  • Applefields School
  • Ebor Academy Trust
  • Hope Sentamu Learning Trust
  • Joseph Rowntree School
  • Osbaldwick Primary Academy
  • Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust
  • Terrington Hall School

Practical protection across people, systems and data

We help you identify priorities and combine the right support around your environment.

  • Cyber Essentials support

    A clear, supported route through assessment and certification, reducing the time and complexity of navigating the process without sufficient internal resource or specialist knowledge.

  • Multi-factor authentication

    Implementation across appropriate systems and users, supported by practical communication and guidance that helps staff understand and adopt stronger account protection.

  • Backup and recovery

    Secure backup and reliable recovery options across on-premise, cloud or mixed environments, helping protect essential data and support operational resilience.

  • Phishing protection and awareness

    Targeted simulations, testing and accessible staff learning help people recognise common threats, respond appropriately and build safer everyday behaviours.

  • Cyber review and improvement planning

    A structured review identifies practical priorities around device management, account security and vulnerabilities, replacing disconnected or reactive improvement with a clearer plan.

  • Filtering and monitoring

    Education-focused filtering and monitoring can support safer access and relevant safeguarding expectations as part of a wider, joined-up security approach.

  • Penetration testing

    Trusted specialists test more complex environments to identify vulnerabilities, with clear reporting and support to understand, prioritise and address the findings.

  • Ongoing specialist guidance

    Our in-house team helps you interpret risks, coordinate improvements and connect cyber security with wider IT, cloud, safeguarding and resilience priorities.

Move from reactive fixes to structured improvement

Cyber security can feel complex when time, expertise and resources are limited.

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A clearer route to Cyber Essentials

Work through the certification process with specialist support, practical guidance and a structured approach to the improvements needed along the way.

Reduced everyday cyber risk

Strengthen account security, device management, backup, staff awareness and vulnerability reduction through practical measures shaped around your environment.

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Better prioritisation

Replace manual self-assessment and disconnected improvements with clearer findings, realistic priorities and support to focus resources where they matter most.

Greater organisational confidence

Give leaders and technical teams a stronger understanding of the current security posture and a practical path towards greater resilience and alignment with relevant expectations.

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Understand your position, then strengthen it step by step

We start by understanding your school or trust, its technology environment and the outcomes you need to achieve. That may be working towards Cyber Essentials, addressing a known concern or creating a more structured approach to wider cyber improvement.

Our in-house specialists assess the current position and help you identify practical priorities. Support can combine account protection, backup and recovery, staff awareness, filtering and monitoring, certification guidance and targeted testing. Where deeper independent testing is required, we work with trusted specialist partners.

Findings are explained clearly, with support to prioritise and address them. This creates a manageable route from assessment to improvement, helping cyber security become an ongoing part of operational resilience rather than a series of reactive fixes.

  • Cyber Essentials assessment and certification support
  • MFA implementation and adoption guidance
  • Secure backup and recovery
  • Phishing simulation, testing and staff awareness
  • Device, account and vulnerability improvement planning
  • Filtering and monitoring support
  • Specialist penetration testing and remediation guidance
Start with a cyber security assessment
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Is it time for a more structured approach to cyber security?

Cyber Security may be right for you if:

  • You want to achieve or renew Cyber Essentials but lack the time or expertise to manage the process internally.
  • Cyber reviews rely on manual self-assessment or produce unclear next steps.
  • Improvements are usually made in response to incidents rather than through a planned programme.
  • You need to strengthen account security or implement multi-factor authentication more consistently.
  • You are reviewing backup, recovery and operational resilience.
  • Staff need practical support to recognise phishing and respond safely.
  • You have concerns about vulnerabilities, device management or the security of a complex environment.
  • Your trust wants greater consistency and clearer oversight across multiple schools.
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A practical route from risk to resilience

We make complex requirements easier to understand and turn them into realistic, prioritised actions for your school or trust.

  • 1. Understand your goals

    We discuss your environment, current concerns and desired outcomes, from Cyber Essentials certification to a wider review of security and resilience.

  • 2. Assess the current position

    Our specialists review the relevant controls, processes and risks, identifying practical gaps around areas such as accounts, devices, backup, awareness and vulnerabilities.

  • 3. Prioritise improvements

    We explain findings clearly and agree a manageable plan, helping you focus time and investment on the actions that will make the greatest difference.

  • 4. Implement and validate

    We support agreed improvements, coordinate specialist testing where needed and help your team work through certification or verification requirements.

  • 5. Maintain progress

    Ongoing guidance, managed services and periodic review help security evolve as technology, threats, users and organisational priorities change.

Support designed around your organisation

Make cyber risk clearer and more manageable

Gain a structured view of your school’s current position and the practical steps needed to improve it. We translate technical findings into clear priorities, helping leaders understand where action is needed and how it supports resilience, safeguarding and operational continuity. Whether you are pursuing Cyber Essentials or reviewing wider risk, our education-focused approach reduces complexity and provides a realistic route forward without expecting leaders to become cyber specialists.

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FAQs

Can you help our school achieve Cyber Essentials?

Yes. We can assess your current position, explain the requirements, identify practical gaps and support you through the improvement and certification process. This is particularly useful for schools and trusts that want certification but do not have the time, resource or specialist expertise to navigate it alone.

What areas of cyber security can you support?

Support can include Cyber Essentials, multi-factor authentication, backup and recovery, phishing simulation and staff awareness, filtering and monitoring, cyber review and improvement planning, and penetration testing. The right combination depends on your environment, risks and priorities.

Do you provide staff cyber awareness training?

Yes. We can provide practical, accessible learning supported by phishing simulation and testing. The aim is to help staff recognise common threats, understand their role and build safer everyday habits, while giving leaders useful insight into where further awareness or support may be needed.

What is penetration testing, and do we need it?

Penetration testing is a controlled assessment designed to identify exploitable vulnerabilities in systems or networks. It is most relevant where an organisation needs deeper assurance or has a more complex environment. We work with trusted specialists and help you understand and prioritise the resulting findings.

Does this service guarantee that we will not experience a cyber incident?

No service can remove all cyber risk. Our role is to help you understand your exposure, strengthen practical controls, improve awareness and build greater resilience. This reduces avoidable risk and supports a clearer response when threats, vulnerabilities or incidents arise.

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Take the next practical step towards stronger cyber security

Start with a conversation about your current position, risks and priorities. We will help you shape a clear route towards stronger controls, greater resilience and Cyber Essentials where relevant.

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