Cyber Resilience. The College is implementing the Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Action Plan, insofar as it applies to the College. In addition, the Board has reviewed the actions in place or planned to be put in place to support our cyber resilience against the Scottish Governments public sector action plan. We have undertaken staff awareness sessions to ensure they are aware that often it is human action or inaction that may inadvertently provide the initial security breach. Through our core skills work with students we develop their skills to be safe online. All students are made aware of the college Firewall and in some computing courses students study cyber resilience.
Cyber Resilience. The College is aware of the need for cyber resilience and is currently working with UHI partners to gain accreditation under the Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Strategy. Gender-based Violence (GBV) The College is aware of the need to tackle gender-based violence on campus and will encourage staff and students to report unacceptable behaviour. We note the publication by the Scottish Government of guidance for colleges and universities to tackle GBV and have incorporated this guidance into our policies and procedures, as appropriate. The College has recently translated and published a bilingual guidance note on GBV with a list of resources for students and staff who may be affected by GBV. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Sabhal Mòr Ostaig has worked hard to ensure the safety of its students and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is making make every effort to ensure their well-being over the duration of the pandemic and the following period, in partnership with local, regional and national agencies. This work continues in 2021 through the College’s Buidheann Covid (Covid Committee), chaired by the Principal and including student representation through the Chair of Xxxxxx xxx Oileanach (The Student Association), which has been developing additional measures to support student engagement and staff and student wellbeing. This committee has developed extensive Covid policies and procedures for the safe functioning of life on campus as well as working from home. The committee meets weekly to process changes in Covid requirements, monitor compliance and wellbeing support and communicating with students on Covid matters. The Student Voice (Quality, learning, teaching and participation) SMO is committed to working with all students, either as individuals and/or as groups, to help them develop the skills and confidence to be actively involved in the organisation of their own learning and student experience, regardless of their mode of study, age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality or transgender status. The College’s independent student association, Xxxxxx xxx Oileanach SMO (CnO), that operates entirely in Gaelic, is actively engaged in the governance of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and is consulted on draft policies and key educational and strategic developments. The College Strategic Plan 2017-2022 and this Outcome Agreement have been developed in consultation with learners with a view to ensuring that they are actively engaged in enhancing their own learning a...
Cyber Resilience. The college will progress with work arising through the Scottish Government ‘Safe, Secure and Prosperous: Cyber Resilience Strategy to ensure that all College systems continue to meet recognised cyber resilience standards and to ensure that the College can appropriately respond to – and recover from – cyber threat. The College receives expert support in relation to cyber security/resilience from a shared service across the Scottish HE/FE sectors and will continue to work with the Scottish Government Cyber Resilience Unit to review approaches and implement the key actions as required. Cyber resilience and internet security are already embedded elements of essential skills delivery across the college and this will be further developed during 2018/19 to ensure that all learners have a level of awareness in respect of cyber threats and resilient practice.
Cyber Resilience. The growth of the internet and other digital networks has brought speed, agility, efficiency and access to technologies that have transformed the way we provide our key services. We are increasingly using online serves to improve access for all. An example of this is the Scottish Funding Council website databases and the student portal. Along with the benefits of being digitally active there are now recognised risks, of which all individuals need to be aware. To address this the Scottish Government’s Safe, Secure and Prosperous: A Cyber Resilience Strategy highlights outcomes to ensure its citizens have access to learning and skills to help keep them safe and secure online. These are: • Our people are informed and prepared to make the most of digital technologies safely • Our businesses and organisations recognise the risks in the digital world and are well-prepared to manage them • We have confidence in and trust our digital public services • We have a growing and renowned cyber resilience research community • We have a global reputation for being a secure place to live and learn, and to set up and invest in business • We have an innovative cyber security, goods and services industry that can help meet global demand. In support of these outcomes, we will develop our own College Cyber Resilience Strategy and will achieve the following by June 2018: • Map existing cyber resilience skills across learning and working settings to identify gaps • Explore opportunities to embed cyber resilience into our curriculum • Introduce cyber resilience into our learning and development programme for all staff Climate Change and Sustainability The Newbattle Abbey College Carbon Management Plan, produced in 2012, is currently under review. The college has a well-developed Sustainability Policy. The college has made a commitment to managing Climate Change by signing up to the College Energy Efficiency Pathfinder (CEEP) Pilot Project along with 4 other Colleges. During 2017 we received a £500,000 CEEP investment to help make the college much more energy efficient. Investment has been made in insulation, LED lighting, gas supply connection and replacement of boiler. The CEEP project has already had a very positive impact on sustainability. Significant savings will flow from the project with an anticipated 50% reduction in heating costs. The college has an established Green Team Committee which is chaired by a member of SMT and includes representation from students and staff ac...
Cyber Resilience. The College is aware of the need for cyber resilience and is currently working with UHI partners to gain accreditation under the Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Strategy. Gender-based Violence The College is aware of the need to tackle gender-based violence on campus and will encourage staff and students to report unacceptable behaviour. We note the recent publication by the Scottish Government of new guidance for universities to tackle gender-based violence and will incorporate this guidance into our policies and procedures once it has been adapted for colleges. Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Strategic Plan 2017-2022 The College links its Outcome Agreement for 2018-2019 to its aims and objectives as outlined in its Strategic Plan for 2017-2022, and describes how we will progress the delivery of these objectives, based on the shared values and wider aims of the College.
Cyber Resilience. The College has been successfully audited by an approved 3rd party in preparation for certification for Cyber Essentials, with our application for certification now submitted. The College offers a number of courses within its current curriculum that offer units on cyber security. For Session 2019-20 cyber security will also be more strongly highlighted within the marketing of our integrated Applied Computing course with the University of Stirling.
Cyber Resilience. The College is aware of the need for cyber resilience and is currently working with UHI partners to gain accreditation under the Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Strategy. Gender-based Violence The College is aware of the need to tackle gender-based violence on campus and will encourage staff and students to report unacceptable behaviour. We note the publication by the Scottish Government of guidance for colleges and universities to tackle gender-based violence and will incorporate this guidance into our policies and procedures, as appropriate.
Cyber Resilience. The IT infrastructure team conducted a security gap analysis in 2017 (which identified areas of weakness around management of user accounts, passwords and regularity of patching) and began a series of efforts to improve security. The College is also a member of the universities and colleges Shared Services Information Security Service (UCSS), providing access to shared information security expertise and resources. An information security risk report from UCSS InfoSec is expected in December 2018. The different inputs from our internal gap analysis, GDPR legislation, the new Scottish Government cyber resilience framework, and the security experts from the UCSS InfoSec shared service all combined provided a clear picture of where we were, where we are now and what work remains to be done. Desktop computer security, malware protection, user training and incident response are some of the main areas that have been worked on. IT have also been working in line with the Scottish Public Sector Action Plan on Cyber Resilience and has achieved the National Cyber Security Centres Cyber Essentials plus certification. The Core Skills IT curriculum leader is involved in the SQA development of new FE unit assessments and will be ensuring that cyber security is contained within the delivery and outcomes of cyber security for the majority of FE students in 2018/19. This approach will build the capacity for cyber resilience within our wider student community.
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Cyber Resilience. The University of Strathclyde supports the Scottish Government’s drive for organisations to be cyber resilient, and is currently rolling out a programme designed to comprehensively improve the University’s operational cyber security. The programme is: • strengthening the frontline practices of staff and students; • embedding cyber security standards at every stage of IT procurement, infrastructure design and software development, and; • optimising the institutional processes for managing response and recovery from security breaches. The three year programme provides all staff and students with access to online training and a series of awareness raising events. We are improving our cyber security infrastructure, and will seek institutional Cyber Essentials accreditation as promoted by the Scottish Government. As part of the programme, in September 2017, the University held its first Cyber Resilience Week.
