Why use the E-Security practitioner’s toolkit?

The security toolkit provides clear and relevant practical advice to schools to ensure the safety of network users and protection for the network itself.  The toolkit addresses those topics that are key to any sound security and risk management strategy. The content will be maintained and updated to ensure that it remains current and reflects the needs of the...

Northern Grid has produced this document to assist you in checking that your CachePilot is configured correctly. It contains a list of sites with instructions on how to test your configuration settings correctly and any actions that should be taken from performing these tests; in addition to these test instructions it also contains a list of FAQs to help answer any questions you may have about the CachePilot system.

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The Technical Service Review is a combination of a remote diagnostic network assessment, the completion of a five minute electronic questionnaire followed by an onsite visit to carry out network audit. The onsite visit also allows discussion on any support related...

For those that weren't at the Easynet, Northern Grid Technical Seminar on the 6th of July 2010, here are the presentations and documents from the event.

An interesting article is up on the BBC Newsbeat website discussing the use of proxies by students in schools to bypass protection methods.

Are proxy servers a problem in your school? Leave a comment below!

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Northern Grid WAN Diagram

An interactive animation detailing exactly how the Northern Grid Wide Area Network is set up