One-Third of UK Teachers Do Not Have Cybersecurity Training
Teachers in schools in England are not receiving sufficient cybersecurity training, a new poll has revealed. A third of teachers haven’t completed any in the last academic year, while only 66% of those who did found it useful. These results come from a Teacher Tapp survey of teachers across England from the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, or Ofqual. It also revealed the prevalence of cyber attacks within the education sector in the U.K. Over a third (34%) of schools and colleges experienced a cyber incident during the last academic year, and the north-west was most targeted with 40% of institutions hit. Recovering from such attacks was not always trivial, with a fifth of respondents saying they could not recover immediately. Four percent of teachers said it took them longer than half a term — about six weeks — and 9% of headteachers described their attack as “critically damaging.” The most common type of cyber attack experienced by schools was a phishing attack, cited by 23% of respondents. SEE: 87% of UK Businesses Are …