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New Data Retention Bill
[Corrected 28/11: "relevant internet data" is limited to that "generated or...
Incident Response and the Law
At the FIRST conference this week I've heard depressingly many incident responders say...
Training FAQs
Do you have a question about training? It may already have been answered in this document containing the most frequently asked questions about our training courses and related services....
Janet London Regional Delivery Service R...
Please find attached the London region service report for the month of January 2018....
Safe Harbor/Privacy Shield
The European Commission has now published draft texts that could be used to implement an EU/US Privacy Shield to replace the previous Safe Harbor agreement. It appears that the new scheme would only cover "commercial exchanges" of personal data between the EU and US so it is unlikely to be appropriate for export of personal data to US universities or non-profit organi...
Disentangling DRIP
Earlier this week Parliament passed the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (...
Prevent: What's The Role of Technology?
Roughly what I said in my Digifest presentation yesterdaySince the Prevent duty, to help those at risk of radicalisation, was applied to universities and colleges there has been a lot of discussion of what role technology can play. The...
Prevent Duty for FE/HE now in force
[Updated to include UCISA Model Regulations]After short debates in the Houses of Commons a...
Hands on Security Testing (Live Online ...
The 'Hands on Security Testing' live online learning course covers the basics of Security Testing, from port scanning using the freely available nmap tool, through to vulnerability exploitation using the metasploit tool. This course takes place over six sessions and involves some assignments. The course focuses primarily on Infrastructure based...
Janet Cumbria Regional Delivery Service ...
Please find attached the Cumbria area service report for the month of January 2019...
GDPR: moving to Information Lifecycle Re...
[UPDATE: the Irish GDPR coalition have a nice infographic on information lifecycles under the GDPR]Anyone who has looked at an information security standard is likely to be familiar with the idea of an Information Asset Register. These cover the What and Where of information that an organisation relies on: what information do we hold, and where is it kept.Many of the requiremen...
VTAS (Video Technology Advisory Service)
The VTAS service has now been retired (May 2017).In a new partnership with Ajenta, Ji...
Janet North East
Welcome to the Janet North East GroupThis is the regional group for Janet customers in the...
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JiscCommunity has been this blog's home for eight years, but I'm now moving over to JiscInform. That has many nice features, notably that it works really well on...
[UPDATE: thanks for your feedback. Final text has now gone into the Jisc production process :)]
Jisc has been providing expert, trusted advice on digital...
[with thanks to a former university Head of Examinations for input and discussion]
Recent years, and weeks, have seen a move away from the traditional...
I've been reading a fascinating paper by Julia Slupska – "War, Health and...
[Notes:
- This isn't legal advice, but I hope it will reassure anyone considering supporting the...
[Notes:
- This isn't legal advice, but I hope it will reassure anyone considering supporting the...
The EU High-Level Expert Group's (HLEG) draft Ethics Guidelines for...
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