Industries ยท United Kingdom
Education
Safeguard students, staff and research data. ORCA Opti brings your risks, controls and AI governance into one living system of record, inside your Safe Zone.
Regulation
Frameworks built in
ORCA Opti ships with the frameworks UK organisations are measured against, and keeps your evidence current.
Privacy (ISO/IEC 27701)
Privacy (ISO/IEC 27701)
Privacy impact assessments over your data processing, with privacy controls managed against ISO/IEC 27701.
CIS Controls & NIST CSF
CIS Controls & NIST CSF
Recognised baseline security controls, each one owned, tested and evidenced.
Incident management
Incident management
Incidents recorded with an owner, priority, and regulatory and contractual impact, so the record is ready when someone asks for it.
ISO 27001
ISO 27001
Information security management, pre-mapped to your controls.
AI governance (ISO/IEC 42001)
AI governance (ISO/IEC 42001)
Responsible, accountable AI, with an AI system inventory and impact assessments managed against ISO/IEC 42001.
Your data stays in your Safe Zone
Your data stays in your Safe Zone
Your documents and data are not copied to an outside system, and nothing is used to train external AI models.
For Education across the UK and Europe
See ORCA Opti for UK & European Education
From UK universities and academies to EU member-state schools and Pan-European research universities, education faces UK GDPR and EU GDPR enforcement, NCSC Cyber Essentials for education, EU AI Act on educational AI, NIS2 for research-intensive universities and a global ransomware wave that has put education in the top five most-attacked sectors.
Compliance and accreditation-ready
Compliance and accreditation-ready
UK GDPR, EU GDPR, DfE digital standards and Pan-European accreditation evidence in a living quality and security programme.
Student and research data in the Safe Zone
Student and research data in the Safe Zone
Student PII, research IP and exam systems inside the Safe Zone with UK and EEA residency, plus AI Guardian blocking leakage to consumer AI tools.
EdTech procurement-ready
EdTech procurement-ready
Aligned to UK DfE digital standards and EU procurement frameworks for edtech and SaaS in education.
Governed AI for learning, ops and research
Governed AI for learning, ops and research
Run AI for tutoring, grading, admissions and research with the audit trail the EU AI Act, accreditors and parents expect.
The pressure
What VCs, registrars and IT heads see
Ransomware in universities and schools, EU AI Act high-risk classification for some educational AI and NIS2 for research-intensive universities.
Ransomware in education
Ransomware in education
Education is now in the top five most-attacked sectors in the UK and EU, with closed campuses, cancelled classes and exposed records making the front page.
Foreign partnerships and dual-degree programmes
Foreign partnerships and dual-degree programmes
Pan-European partnerships and dual-degree programmes require GDPR, FERPA (for US partners) and ISO 27001 alignment across multiple jurisdictions.
Research IP and grant data leakage
Research IP and grant data leakage
Patentable research, Horizon Europe and UKRI grant-funded work can leak to external AI tools in a single careless prompt.
KCSIE and EU AI Act for education
KCSIE and EU AI Act for education
Keeping Children Safe in Education and EU AI Act high-risk classification for some educational AI raise the bar on safeguarding and accountability.
Frameworks built in
UK, EU and international standards
ORCA Opti ships with the obligations UK and European education actually faces. Controls pre-mapped, evidence structured and reporting current.
DfE digital standards & KCSIE
UK Department for Education digital, technology and cyber standards plus Keeping Children Safe in Education integrated with institutional evidence.
Accreditation evidence
QAA, OfS, Pan-European Bologna-aligned and member-state accreditation evidence mapped to controls and assessment cycles.
UK GDPR & EU GDPR
Student data, consent, breach notification and special category data protections mapped to one model across UK and EEA.
ISO 27001 & ISO 21001
Information security plus the educational organisations management system, mapped alongside academic governance.
Cyber Essentials Plus & NIS2
Cyber Essentials Plus baseline plus NIS2 essential-entity obligations for research-intensive universities mapped to controls.
EU AI Act & UK AI principles
EU AI Act high-risk obligations for educational AI plus UK pro-innovation principles applied to learning, admissions and research.
See ORCA Opti for Education in United Kingdom.
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