Your data is in safe hands
Every aspect of school life runs on data – student records, timetabling, finance, wellbeing. Keeping that data safe is our responsibility, not yours. iSAMS’s cloud-hosted infrastructure means your school benefits from enterprise-grade security, round-the-clock monitoring, and automatic updates – without placing the burden on your IT team.
Your data is defended at every layer
One in four schools experienced a cybersecurity incident in the last 12 months. Phishing, ransomware, and business email compromise attacks are now routine – and 100% of independent schools have faced scam attempts in the past five years. iSAMS’s infrastructure is built to defend against exactly these threats, at every layer.
Our servers are protected by Cloudflare, guarding against DDoS attacks and automatically blocking hacking attempts via a web application firewall. Beneath that, Server Hardening to Microsoft’s recommended standards closes the vulnerabilities attackers typically exploit. And across the entire iSAMS network, eSentire – a dedicated managed detection and response service – continuously monitors for threats, with a team of security experts watching around the clock.
All of this runs in the background, fully managed by us. Your IT team doesn’t need to configure it, monitor it, or maintain it.
We also support browser-based MFA, meaning schools with phone bans can still enable multi-factor authentication across the entire site – no workarounds, no exceptions.
Completely accredited and certified
Nothing falls through the cracks
Server maintenance, licence renewals, security patches, hourly backups – it’s all handled. Your IT team won’t need to manage it, and you won’t need to outsource it. If something goes wrong, we’re already on it.
Our servers are backed up every hour of every day, 365 days a year, with copies stored both onsite and offsite. In the event of a fire, theft, or system failure, your data is recoverable – fully and quickly.
The right people see the right data - nothing more
Not everyone in your school should have access to everything. Role-based access controls mean permissions are set precisely, so staff only see what’s relevant to their role. Multi-factor authentication stops unauthorised access even if login credentials are compromised. Single sign-on makes secure access simple for staff without creating shortcuts that introduce risk.
Every action taken within iSAMS is recorded in a full audit trail – so you always know who accessed what, and when. That visibility matters for compliance, but it also builds accountability across your whole school community.
Reduce unexpected downtime
Our entire cloud-hosted environment is observed by a sophisticated monitoring system that alerts our engineers to any issues that may cause downtime. Any flagged issues will be investigated, and actions are taken to rectify them before they become a problem.
We also ensure that server updates are applied quickly at a time convenient to your school, ensuring minimal downtime for staff during working hours.
