21/02/2023
Planned Works – emPSN Firewall Replacement

What are we doing emPSN plan to replace their existing core firewalls on 04/04/2023 from 18:00. The planned works will take around 4 hours and over this period there will be disruption to all of… More »

Service Updates
07/02/2023
Cyber Security Schools Audit

In May 2022, 805 schools across the United Kingdom took part in the second nationwide audit of cybersecurity in schools. The Audit was run in partnership between the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, part of… More »

News
18/01/2023
Top Titles for a New Year

With the new school year here, see below for some recommended titles from Listening Books.. The Good Guys by Rob Kemp What if we celebrated boys for their kindness as well their strength? For their… More »

News
07/12/2022
Top Tips to stay safe online this Christmas from UK Safer Internet Centre

Tech: While many apps are free, there are many reports of children accidentally spending money through in-app purchases. Some tips to avoid in-app purchases. Tablets are really popular with younger children and the market has… More »

News
07/11/2022
Successful completion of our Full Fibre Project for rural schools.

emPSN have completed the Rural Gigabit Connectivity, securing full fibre gigabit services to 126 schools in Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, and their communities. Our Project The project launched in May 2019, with the primary… More »

News
03/11/2022
OpenSSL vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-3602, CVE-2022-3786) could cause denial of service – Action Recommended

Summary: In late October 2022, reports emerged of an impending OpenSSL update for a critical vulnerability. On November 1, OpenSSL version 3.0.7 was released to address two high-severity buffer overflow vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786) impacting… More »

News
02/11/2022
ESS (Education Software Solutions) – DNS Services terminating – Options available

Application Services contracted with Education Software Solutions (ESS) are due to end. If you have not already taken action to move your ESS DNS Service, then please review the statement from ESS below. ESS STATEMENT:“To… More »

News
01/11/2022
We are hiring

Why work for us? We are embarking on a strategic journey to grow our customer base on a nationwide scale. To facilitate this, we are looking for a proactive, dedicated and highly focussed Sales Development… More »

News
19/10/2022
Service Incident Report: INC01207579

The Service report for Incident INC01207579 has been issued to those who requested a copy. If you haven’t requested the report and would like a copy, please email support@empsn.org.uk We apologise again for the inconvenience… More »

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