Schools are increasingly relying on computer systems and digital content to teach their pupils the curriculum. Administration data on each pupil and how the school functions is critical. Without all this information backed up and protected the consequences of data loss can be massively time consuming, disruptive and potentially embarrassing in unwanted headlines and the consequent loss of reputation. Schools need to ensure that data is protected and stored off the school site, falling in line with Becta’s information handling guidelines.

Under the Becta guidelines – “Good practice in information handling” and under the Data Protection Act 1998, portable media should be encrypted. With the Online Backup for Schools you can be rest assured that you are meeting your statutory obligations and will be able to restore your data at the click of a button when you need to.

How Backup Services for Schools works
Data to be backed up is encrypted and compressed as a “first pass” ready to be sent to our secure datacentre. Subsequent backups will only look for changed data meaning that the backup is quick and effective. As all data is completely encrypted at source before being transmitted to our datacentre, it means there is never any need for the physical and risky removal of data.

Benefits of the service
100% compatible with your school management software works with Windows, MS Office, SIMS, FMS, curriculum, admin and is a CAPITA approved backup service. The service supports the most common operating systems and applications within schools including Pearson Phoenix, RM Integris and Facility CMIS.

Proven & tested
The service is currently in use in over 12,000 schools across 70+ referenceable Local
Authorities and service providers.

No manual backups
Your school is freed from the burden of having to remember to conduct manual backups.

No extra hardware, DVDs, CDs or tapes
Eradicate slow backups and restores, mechanical breakdowns and data loss from faulty tapes and DVDs.

Backed up online and stored off site
No need to remember to take backup tapes home with you. Instant disaster recovery and 24/7 access to data stored in resilient and secure datacentres.

Fast & easy data recovery
Instantly recover any lost data at a click of a mouse from disk. No trawling through backup tapes to recover files.

No data security risk & embarrassing headlines
Compliant with Becta’s information handling guidelines.1,2 Data is stored off the school site, fully encrypted at source and in transit and is replicated to a secondary data centre for additional protection. Support for teachers’ laptops Backup of teachers’ laptops even when located at home.

Simple & affordable pricing
Transparent prices that are based on the amount of servers, desktops, laptops and applications you wish to backup at your school. No need to waste money on new backup tapes, tape drives etc.

Source:
1. Becta - Good practice in information handling: Data encryption. Version 2, March 2009
2. Becta - Good practice in information handling: Keeping data secure, safe and legal. Version 2, March 2009