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Secure Your Estate. Protect Your Data. Reduce Your Risk.
At Joskos, we help schools and Trusts understand where they stand today, identify gaps against the DfE standards, and build a practical roadmap to achieve compliance and improve cyber resilience.
The Joskos Cyber Security Audit
Our Cyber Security Audit for Schools and Trusts is designed specifically around the DfE Cyber Security Core Standard and wider education sector best practice.
Following the assessment, you'll receive a clear, jargon-free report that highlights what you're doing well, identifies areas of concern, prioritises the risks that require attention, and provides practical recommendations for improvement. The report also measures your alignment against the DfE Cyber Security Core Standard and delivers a tailored roadmap to strengthen your cyber resilience. Rather than simply highlighting problems, we help you understand which actions will have the greatest impact on reducing risk, improving security, and protecting your school or Trust.
We assess your current position across key areas including:
✅ Cyber governance and leadership
✅ User account security and access management
✅ Multi-factor authentication
✅ Vulnerability management
✅ Backup and disaster recovery
✅ Device and endpoint security
✅ Network security
✅ Incident response planning
✅ Staff cyber awareness
✅ Monitoring and reporting
✅ Third-party supplier risk
✅ Filtering and monitoring controls
Continuous Cyber Protection for Schools and Trusts
Introducing Joskos Sentry. A one-off audit provides a snapshot in time. Joskos Sentry provides ongoing visibility of your cyber security posture, helping you identify vulnerabilities before attackers do. Sentry complements our Cyber Security Audit by delivering continuous monitoring and actionable intelligence across your estate.
External Vulnerability Scanning
Identify vulnerabilities visible from the internet before they become a target.
Internal Vulnerability Assessments
Discover weaknesses within your network, servers, devices and infrastructure.
Risk Prioritisation
Focus on the vulnerabilities that matter most to your organisation.
Executive Reporting
Clear reports suitable for Governors, Trustees, School Business Leaders and Senior Leadership Teams.
Remediation Guidance
Practical recommendations to help your IT team or MSP address identified risks.
Cyber Essentials Support
Support your journey towards Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation.
How Sentry Supports the DfE Cyber Security Core Standard
The DfE standards require schools and colleges to understand cyber risks, secure accounts and systems, maintain technology, protect data, manage backups and respond effectively to incidents. Schools should conduct regular cyber risk assessments and continuously review their security posture.
Sentry helps schools and Trusts achieve this by:
✓ Identifying vulnerabilities before they can be exploited
✓ Supporting cyber risk assessments
✓ Providing evidence for governance and board reporting
✓ Strengthening technical security controls
✓ Supporting Cyber Essentials readiness
✓ Improving resilience against ransomware and cyber attacks
✓ Providing a repeatable process for ongoing cyber assurance
