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COMMUNICATIONS APP<br />
A HUGE SUCCESS AT<br />
GUERNSEY COLLEGE OF<br />
FURTHER EDUCATION<br />
An internal communications<br />
application – GCFE Connect –<br />
introduced by Guernsey College of<br />
Further Education last September,<br />
is proving to be extremely popular<br />
with both students and college staff.<br />
Since its introduction, the app now<br />
has approximately 650 users and has<br />
logged over 19,000 direct messages.<br />
Essentially, GCFE Connect operates<br />
just like other social networks but<br />
with added safeguarding features<br />
that keep staff’s professional and<br />
personal lives separate and enables<br />
students to communicate with<br />
each other and with staff in a highly<br />
secure space.<br />
Jeff Stuart, the college’s Head of<br />
Learner Support Services, said: 'The<br />
platform is being used in a variety<br />
of ways. Learner groups are sharing<br />
discussions on vocational projects,<br />
staff are setting reminders and<br />
guiding learners towards e-learning<br />
activities, cross-college initiatives<br />
can be communicated and students<br />
are sending questions to individuals<br />
or groups on study issues which<br />
develops peer support networks.<br />
'It has also helped our Progress<br />
Coach team to support learners who<br />
may self-refer, choose to contact the<br />
JEFF STUART<br />
team via the application or have been<br />
identified as benefitting from the<br />
knowledge that they have an open<br />
channel of communication direct to<br />
a source of support. Students have<br />
told us that they are much more<br />
comfortable using this platform<br />
rather than Facebook or similar<br />
because of its privacy and security.<br />
'Communication is often cited as<br />
a challenge for any organisation<br />
but this is even more of an issue<br />
when you are situated on three<br />
separate locations as we are at the<br />
college. We have had lots of positive<br />
feedback from everyone using GCFE<br />
Connect and as the application is<br />
constantly evolving I am sure that<br />
its usage will continue to grow as it<br />
becomes even further embedded<br />
within the college’s culture.'<br />
IOT SECURITY INNOVATION DELIVERED BY JT AND<br />
CELLUSYS IOT SHOWCASED AT GSMA CONFERENCE<br />
JT and Cellusys IOT will further<br />
strengthened their new partnership<br />
at the major global conference on<br />
mobile privacy and security in May.<br />
The Channel Island-based telecoms<br />
operator, which has developed an<br />
IoT and M2M SIM card that provides<br />
total and seamless connectivity<br />
whatever network is used, formed an<br />
alliance with Dublin-based Cellusys<br />
IOT in February to enable enterprise<br />
customers of JT to view and manage<br />
their cellular connectivity security<br />
via an IoT security dashboard.<br />
Both partners showcased the new<br />
enhanced security dashboard<br />
solution at the GSMA Mobile 360<br />
Privacy and Security conference in<br />
The Hague on 30-31 May.<br />
Paul Bullock, JT’s Head of IoT, said:<br />
'With the growing number of IoT<br />
devices worldwide, the security risks<br />
for enterprises and consumers is<br />
increasing, including information<br />
being stolen, devices being made<br />
dormant, the theft of personal identity<br />
and even remote car hacking. These<br />
are often initiated by hackers via<br />
network-based signalling attacks, airinterface<br />
hacking, and DDoS attacks,<br />
which continue to grow in size and<br />
frequency. These attacks are often<br />
not visible for enterprise customers,<br />
since they happen in the controlled<br />
environment of the telecom provider<br />
and not in a customer’s IP network.<br />
'Through our partnership with<br />
Cellusys IoT, we are offering<br />
enhanced security solutions via<br />
a security dashboard that enable<br />
customers to manage their own<br />
safety. Alarms can be triggered<br />
in case of attacks and enhanced<br />
security filters can be applied,<br />
specific to each use-case. For<br />
the first time, signalling security<br />
is made available for enterprise<br />
customers who need full visibility<br />
and management capability over the<br />
security of their IoT devices.'<br />
LOGICALIS CI<br />
AWARDED TOP<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
STANDARD<br />
Logicalis Channel Islands<br />
has been awarded ISO 27001<br />
Information Security Management<br />
Certification for all its operational<br />
activities in Jersey and Guernsey.<br />
ISO 27001 is the international<br />
standard which is recognised<br />
globally for managing risks to<br />
the security of information. The<br />
standard is now rated as the<br />
preferred choice for creating and<br />
managing a robust, dynamic and<br />
adaptable Information Security<br />
Management System (ISMS).<br />
The certification to ISO27001 allows<br />
Logicalis to provide assurances to<br />
clients and other stakeholders that<br />
they are comprehensively managing<br />
the security of the information they<br />
hold. The standard covers the whole<br />
of the organisation, not just IT, and<br />
encompasses people, processes<br />
and technology. This has enabled<br />
Logicalis to readily understand risks<br />
and embrace security controls<br />
as part of the everyday working<br />
practices that they perform.<br />
Chris Brown, ISMS Manager<br />
at Logicalis, said: 'We’re very<br />
proud to have achieved this<br />
global standard. The Logicalis<br />
Information Security Management<br />
System helps to deliver a<br />
robust, secure and protected<br />
environment for our client and<br />
employee data, it allows for the<br />
effective management of risks and<br />
helps to attain compliance with<br />
regulations such as the General<br />
Data Protection Regulation.'<br />
Jonathan Crichard, Managing<br />
Director of Logicalis CI, said: 'ISO<br />
27001 is invaluable for ensuring a<br />
company’s information security<br />
management system is of a very<br />
high standard and we have used<br />
the process of implementation<br />
as a catalyst to improve everyday<br />
work processes and behaviour<br />
throughout. All this work will<br />
unquestionably give our partners<br />
and customers even more<br />
confidence in the way they interact<br />
with us. This is very significant for<br />
us, and for the Channel Islands<br />
market as a whole, and is due to<br />
a considerable amount of effort<br />
from teams in both Jersey and<br />
Guernsey. I would like to thank<br />
them for helping us achieve this<br />
major milestone.'<br />
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