A Brief History of Higher Education Insecurity
November 6, 2018
Cybersecurity concerns seem to be a never-ending story. The history of incidents in Higher Education highlights a need for security in the face of persistent cybercrime.
Why universities are at great risk of cyber attacks
Nowadays the education sector has much influence therefore attracts hackers. The key target is huge amounts of sensitive data their systems store. Critical data refers to not only personal information of staff members, professors, and students but also to top universities’ research materials.
Key points
Attacks in the sphere of education have their special features different from other spheres, such as relatively insignificant volumes of stolen data but high percentage of espionage and the highest growth rate of attacks.
- The whitepaper “A Brief History of Higher Education Insecurity” describes the most notable cyber attacks ever performed on educational institutions (including Iranian hackers’ massive attacks) and derives the trends specific for various time periods.
- The overview shows the peculiarities of Higher Education cybersecurity and gives understating of cybersecurity risks.
- All the mentioned incidents come with a short description containing an attack type and consequential losses.
- Recent trends help to make predictions in terms of future tendencies. Despite the fact that 2018 is not over yet, it was analyzed as well.
Cybersecurity begins with you.