Live Webinar: Safeguarding Privacy in Schools: Navigating Personal Information and Data Security

Private schools are increasingly being targeted by cybercriminals who threaten to publish sensitive student and parent data unless ransoms are paid. As the Australian Signals Directorate recently warned, Australian education providers are now prime targets for extortion, underscoring the urgent need for schools to strengthen their cyber defences. This session equips schools with the tools and strategies necessary to combat these growing threats and protect their communities from devastating breaches. This session covers:

• Quishing, vishing and AI scams – the new cybercriminal techniques being adopted and how to spot them
• Integrating new technologies while maintaining privacy
• Strategies to prevent and mitigate cyber-attacks
• The anatomy of a good privacy policy
• Does a school’s duty of care extend to avoiding acts or omissions that could cause harm to the privacy of staff and students?
• The application of privacy requirements to contracted third-party service providers
• Responding effectively to data breaches and maintaining trust