The ransomware threat is more dangerous and costly than ever. Professionals working in the education sector must prepare to protect their environments from new types of ransomware in 2017. This new infographic looks at the rise of ransomware in 2016 and the key trends and variants to watch out for in 2017.
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When we visualize the types of industries that are victimized by cybersecurity attacks, we often think of banks and financial institutions, healthcare organizations, law firms or any large corporation with deep pockets. Yet the education industry, both K12 and higher education, are increasingly victimized as well.
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For K12 students, cybersecurity threats and malware are irrelevant or unknown concepts and their naivety makes them ideal targets.
On the other hand, higher education is about the sharing of ideas and collaboration with just about anyone across the globe. Thus the networks of these intuitions are far less guarded. This is probably why according to DataLossDB, an organization that tracks cyber breaches across the world, 9% of all breaches within the U.S. were targeted at universities.
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From a cybercriminal's perspective, schools and universities represent a very attractive target. The personal and financial data stored on university data systems are valuable to cybercriminals.
The implications of any data theft are huge: reputational, legal, economic and operational. Future funding may be affected, as well as possible loss of future student fees and associated income.
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Web Content Filtering is an absolute must have in order to ensure compliance and protection for your University or School Network.
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It is highly scalable for Universities and School Districts while also offering a granular policy engine to meet the flexible requirements of the education sector.
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Tim Maples, Network Administrator, Will Lou Gray Opportunity School, SC, USA
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