19 Jan 2023

8 percent of UK schools admitted to suffering from a cyber incident according to an audit from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), amidst news of 14 UK schools falling victim to a major cyber-attack.

The audit consisted of 805 schools between the 3rd and the 31st of May 2022, with participating schools from all areas of the UK. It was revealed that just over half of schools, 53 percent, felt they were prepared for a cyber incident, up from 49 percent in a 2019 survey.