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Universities have become a hunting ground for the unscrupulous hackers. Recently the Cobalt Dickins hacking group, which is linked to the Iranian government, was revealed to be behind an attempt to breach the systems of 76 universities in 14 countries. This included a number in the UK in the Times Higher Education Top 50 as well as others across Europe, the US and Asia. This came just six months after the US Department of Justice charged 9 Iranian hackers with attacking more than 300 universities around the world. This attack succeeded in duping 8,000 academics to respond to a phishing email and saw the group access 15 billion pages of academic projects. These projects often include cutting-edge research and lucrative intellectual property which is why the further & higher education sector is so attractive to the hackers. They see potential riches – not a surprise when the Economist magazine reports that data is now the world’s most valuable commodity. In a previous blog post, I examined the importance of helping students understand their role in cyber resilience. However, the thwarted attacks give a stark reminder as to why it is so important for academic and administrative staff to have the right online behaviours. They use technology as an enabler to manage personal information, carry out experiments and collate data. So it has never been more vital to understand about good online behaviours. University staff have to know what their responsibilities are in keeping their institution’s IT system resilient particularly as 90% of cyber breaches are caused by human error. In a recent KPMG/Harvey Nash report education is the worst-affected sector for cybercrime. |
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AXELOS: Universities staff need to understand their role in keeping hackers at bay Universities need to meet student challenge for cyber resilience New Cyber Attack categorisation system to improve UK response to incidents Protecting the reputation of UK Higher Education with your most valuable defence: your people Tech-savvy students urged to join fight protecting UK from cyber attacks Students blamed for university and college cyber-attacks - BBC News Cyber attacks on colleges & universities: who, when and why? | Jisc University Challenge: Cyber Attacks in Higher Education Edinburgh University hit by freshers' week cyberattack | Scotland | The ... University Cyber Attacks Down To Students, Staff | Silicon UK Universities ignore cyber threat at their peril | Times Higher Education ... |
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| Another budget and still no financial solution! |
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Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board, responds to Which? research on people underestimating the cost of paying for a care home place. “Our recent polling shows half of people have little or no understanding of what social care means. Only 15% of people polled said they are making plans to pay for their care in later life, so it is no wonder people underestimate the cost” |
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LGA responds to Which? research on the cost of paying for a care home place The requests will increase as the population ages It’s not all about more funding for hospitals! Living longer is something we ‘dream’ of, but the reality may not be what we anticipated Councils don’t / cannot afford to pay the true cost Like pensions, most people don’t think about their care needs in old age Trouble is many of us stopped living healthily in middle-age! That promised ‘cap on care‘ seems further No option but to pay! |
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Secretary of State for Health & Social Care Matt Hancock has announced the first ever NHS violence reduction strategy. The new, zero-tolerance approach aims to protect the NHS workforce against deliberate violence & aggression from patients, their families & the public, and to ensure offenders are punished quickly & effectively. |
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DHSC: Stronger protection from violence for NHS staff DHSC: My mission to make sure NHS staff feel safe & secure at work Jail time to double for assaulting an emergency worker Paramedics to be given body cameras to protect them from abuse NHS boss demands maximum punishment for every violent offence against paramedics Violence reduction project expanded |
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UK Government and public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase and by 2020, it is the stated intent of Cabinet Office that £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts goes to SME’s. Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers. Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:
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