Report

Cybersecurity in Higher Education

Education is going through an unprecedented period of change. Universities and schools are embracing, or wrestling with, a host of new technologies and teaching methods - including a variety of apps, portals, and remote teaching technologies that support online or blended learning environments. As the nature of classrooms and the student experience changes, they face new challenges, new demands, and new risks.

This report outlines:

  • The threat landscape today
  • Insights into the growing threat of ransomware attacks
  • The outsized impact of credential breaches
  • The knock-on consequences for schools in the form of credential stuffing attacks

Online threats and vulnerabilities to education have never been so high but easily remediable.