threat profile of schools and universities
Schools and universities have traditionally been seen as low-risk targets for cyber attacks, but this has changed dramatically in recent years. The education sector now faces an increasingly complex threat landscape, with attackers seeking to exploit vulnerabilities in their IT systems to steal sensitive data, disrupt operations, and compromise the privacy and safety of students and staff.
This heightened risk is due to a number of factors, including the growing reliance on technology in education, the increasing use of online learning platforms and cloud-based services, and the rising value of personal and research data held by these organizations. Additionally, many schools and universities operate on limited budgets, which can make it challenging to maintain robust cybersecurity measures and stay up to date with the latest threats.
Despite the increasing threat landscape and limited budgets, universities must maintain large, highly heterogeneous environments with multiple access points and potential vulnerabilities. This can make it challenging to implement effective security measures and stay on top of the latest threats. Additionally, universities must ensure that any security solutions they implement do not compromise the privacy of their students and staff, while still providing the necessary level of protection.
To effectively safeguard students' learning activities, universities need to be able to monitor students' online training, while also respecting and protecting their privacy. This can be particularly challenging given that students typically have multiple ways to interact with university systems and resources, and it is not always straightforward to pinpoint activities conducted by any particular individual. However, failure to monitor and protect against potential threats, such as improper use or illegal access to copyrighted material, can have serious consequences for both the university and its students.
Moreover, universities must also deal with threats to their research rights and intellectual property, which can be particularly valuable and vulnerable to theft or unauthorized access. In today's globalized and interconnected world, research theft can have far-reaching consequences, including damage to the university's reputation, loss of funding, and even national security risks. Therefore, universities need to deploy comprehensive security measures to protect their research and intellectual property from cyber threats, which can include implementing strict access controls, monitoring for unauthorized access attempts, and using encryption and other security measures to protect sensitive data.
- Connect security data organized around user identities, recording locations, time of use, connectivity patterns, and activities associated with the use of cloud and on-premises services.
- Baseline normal behavior based on authorizations and resource access events, gradual trends, system usage and work patterns.
- Real-time correlation and analysis of application and network activity and other data sources, custom detection use cases.
- A single panel of glass dashboard presenting all activities of any particular student.
- Automatically detect and distinguish suspicious and risky deviations from normal events.
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Mark RichardsHead of Information Systems, English Institute of Sport