Do we need to monitor every lab computer?

Prioritise the admin office, the bursar, the principal and staff devices first, because they hold learner and financial data. Lab machines are worth adding once those are covered, since malware often starts there.

Our IT is managed by a part-time contractor. Can they use EZ Cyber Guard?

Yes. The dashboard and plain-language alerts are designed for small teams. You can invite your contractor to your account so they see the same alerts.

What does it cost for a school?

Pricing is per plan in ZAR, based on the number of endpoints. Business covers 25 endpoints, Professional covers 50, and larger schools can talk to us about Enterprise. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.

For independent & public schools

Protect learner data with the IT team you actually have.

Most schools run on one overstretched IT person, or a teacher who 'knows computers'. Meanwhile they hold records on hundreds of children and their families, and run labs full of shared devices used by curious teenagers.

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What makes schools different

Children's information

Learner records, report cards, medical notes, custody arrangements and photos all relate to children, who get extra protection under POPIA.

Shared labs and USB drives

Dozens of users share computers, bring in flash drives and test boundaries. Malware that starts in a lab can spread to the admin network.

Fee and payroll systems

The bursar's office handles parent banking details, debit orders and staff salaries, which are prime targets for fraud.

Admin systems on old hardware

Learner management systems such as SA-SAMS often run on an office PC that is years old and rarely updated.

Compliance

POPIA and learners' personal information

POPIA gives special protection to the personal information of children. Schools generally need a parent's or guardian's consent, or another lawful basis, to process it, and must protect it with the reasonable security measures section 19 requires.

For the principal, who is usually the school's Information Officer, the practical question is visibility. Do you know which devices hold learner data, whether they're up to date, and whether anything suspicious has happened on them? If learner information is compromised, section 22 requires the school to notify the Information Regulator and the affected families.

How EZ Cyber Guard supports POPIA compliance

A lab problem that stayed in the lab

A common sequence at a school with one IT administrator: (Illustrative example.)

10:15During a break, a learner plugs a flash drive into a lab computer. It carries malware that tries to spread to other machines on the network.
10:16EZ Cyber Guard detects the malware behaviour on the lab PC and its attempts to reach other devices.
10:16Automated response contains the threat on that machine, and the IT administrator gets a plain-language alert naming the device and what it tried to do.
10:40The admin office PC with the learner management system shows no suspicious activity on the dashboard. Learner data was never reached.

How EZ Cyber Guard helps

Built for schools without a security team

One view of every device
A single dashboard shows which admin, staff and lab machines are healthy, need attention or are critical.
Automated containment
Common threats are contained automatically, which matters when your IT person is teaching a class.
Vulnerability tracking
Find the old, unpatched machines, prioritised so a small team knows where to start.
Reports for the principal and governing body
Scheduled reports summarise incidents and endpoint health in a form non-technical leaders can follow.

FAQ

Common questions

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