Credits

Acknowledgements and credits

Acknowledgements:

The ST4S framework and assessment process is made possible by a range of organisations and contributions. It is the efforts of many jurisdictions working together to improve on the cybersecurity, privacy and online safety in schools.

We would like to acknowledge the following organisations that have made a contribution to the ST4S framework, their ongoing support and interest in the initiative:

  • Commonwealth Department of Education
  • Department of Education in each State/Territory within Australia
  • CENet, Catholic Commissions and Dioceses across Australia
  • Australian Independent Schools
  • New Zealand Ministry of Education
  • App Developers and Suppliers who take part in the ST4S assessment process and those providing feedback to the framework.
  • The Australian AI Taskforce and their members

Resources we reference and acknowledge

The ST4S framework aligns to many standards and refer to key concepts from other publications and bodies. Their contributions and publications are important for App Developers and Suppliers seeking guidance on meeting criteria and improving their services:

  • The Australian eSafety Commissioner and their efforts in publications on safety by design
  • The OWASP and their continuing contributions on cybersecurity and privacy
  • The Cybersecurity Centre / Australian Signal Directorate and their Information Security Manual (ISM)
  • The New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM).
  • Information and resources published by: The Office of the Information Commissioner (OAIC), State Privacy Commissioner’s across Australia, the New Zealand Information Commissioner.
  • The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework and other relevant publications.

Credits and Opensource Contributions:

The ST4S website, assessment tools (the questionnaire and readiness check) make use of various libraries and images, many which are opensource. This does not include the ST4S, ST4S Product Badge, ESA and NSIP logos which are owned by Education Services Australia Limited (ESA).

Imagery:

Images for the headings of many pages, news articles and within the Assessment Tools are created with OpenAI DALL-E.

Corporate style icons (e.g. the flat people vector style graphics) are from the library https://undraw.co/

Fonts:

We use the Open Sans and Roboto font from Google for the majority of our site.