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Security leadership · Education & EdTech

Fractional CISO for Education & EdTech

An accountable security leader who owns risk, satisfies the regulator, and unblocks the deal — part-time.

Why it matters in education & edtech

You're handling children's data and often sit inside safeguarding-critical workflows. Schools, trusts and universities buy on trust — and increasingly won't sign until you can evidence that your platform is secure and compliant.

  • Protecting children's data under UK GDPR and the Age-Appropriate Design (Children's) Code
  • Passing school, multi-academy trust and university security and data-protection due diligence to win deals
  • Meeting the DfE's cyber security standards for schools and wider safeguarding expectations
  • Turning AI features into something schools can adopt safely — with the right guardrails around minors

What you get

  • Security strategy and a risk-led, prioritised improvement plan
  • Governance: policies, risk register, and a working risk committee
  • Readiness for ISO 27001, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials, and customer security reviews
  • Incident response planning, tabletop exercises, and supplier assurance
  • Board reporting that translates risk into decisions

Frameworks & standards

UK GDPRChildren's Code (AADC)DfE cyber standardsCyber EssentialsISO 27001

How we work in education & edtech

We help EdTech teams build the security and data-protection story that unlocks education deals — privacy by design, credible safeguarding controls, and the evidence buyers' due-diligence teams actually ask for.