Your IT Team Says You Are Cyber-Secure. But Is That Enough for the Board?
01 Oct 2026
Cybersecurity is a board-level risk. A serious cyber incident can affect safeguarding, payroll, finance, communications, teaching and the day-to-day operation of every school across a trust. This responsibility cannot site with IT alone.
As a senior leader, you need to know what protections are in place, challenge the assumptions behind them and ask one critical question: Have we actually tested this?
This session will show MAT leaders how to test their cyber defences, incident response and recovery plans before a real attack does it for them. We’ll cover the questions you should be asking, what good testing looks like and the results you should expect: clear gaps, clear ownership, prioritised actions and confidence that your trust can respond and recover
As a senior leader, you need to know what protections are in place, challenge the assumptions behind them and ask one critical question: Have we actually tested this?
This session will show MAT leaders how to test their cyber defences, incident response and recovery plans before a real attack does it for them. We’ll cover the questions you should be asking, what good testing looks like and the results you should expect: clear gaps, clear ownership, prioritised actions and confidence that your trust can respond and recover