EdTech Summit 2025

The EdTech Summit 2025 last week, as part of the Schools and Academies Show, looks to have been a roaring success.  So many interesting, helpful and thought-provoking presentations for our clients, looking at the Agenda!

One thing that may have been mentioned, but seems to be missing from all the reaction to the Summit that I have read, is the profile of insider cyber security threat from students, which is leading to increasing number of cyber attacks in schools.  The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) reported on this back in September. Read the report in full. 

One point to note is that the ICO analysis of 215 personal data breach reports caused by insider attacks from the education sector relates to the period January 2022 and August 2024.  When you consider that ChatGPT was launched in November 2022, it would be interesting to understand how this profile is evolving.  I would like to see more on the issue of insider cyber attack, since the ICO has identified what it considers a worrying pattern behind personal data breach reports from schools.

Education settings may find the link below useful, to find out more, and the below example from the ICO of interest. https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/education-skills/cyber-security-schools