Andy Meighen
CIO, Future Academies
Andy Meighen is the Chief Information Officer at Future Academies Trust. Since joining just over two years ago he has been implementing an IT strategy to centralise, standardise, consolidate and automate systems and processes in all 10 Academies within the trust. A ground up redesign of systems with an emphasis on security has now been completed. This is based on a secure by design network, zero trust and a move of all systems to the cloud. Previously, Andy worked as a consultant with a number of trusts as well as working with Arbor migrating schools from SIMS.
Before that, Andy worked as IT Director for Harris Federation, leading the expansion from 19 to 50 Academies. At Harris, he successfully led the recovery of the IT systems after a serious ransomware attack and has taken the many lessons learnt from that experience into future engagements.
Hall 10a
1 Series one
Leading a culture of cybersecurity in your trust
Organisations need to be safe and secure in order to flourish and, in a year of high-profile cyber-attacks, the need to protect school and trust data has never been more critical. In this session we’ll learn about today's cybersecurity landscape and hear from a trust leader on real-world experience of managing a significant trust cyber-attack, offering candid insights and key lessons learned. You’ll leave with practical strategies to strengthen your cyber defences and protocols on tight budgets. Achieving bank-level security with school-level resources may feel like mission impossible, but it’s far from it. Where: Hall 10a