In September 2020, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert that ‘devastating’ cyber attacks against HE providers were spiking. Further, in 2019 four out of five HE providers reported that they had been attacked at some point in the previous 12 months.
Higher Education (HE) providers are an attractive target for threat actors. Their IT networks hold personal information about thousands of students, staff and donors as well as a significant library of intellectual property. This data makes rich pickings for cyber criminals wanting to make money or steal proprietary information on behalf of rival organisations or foreign powers.
This e-book on cyber security in the education sector will cover the following:
- Why Higher Education is at risk
- The cost of a data breach
- Commons types of attacks
- How Higher Education providers can protect themselves