With cybercrime on the increase, higher education institutions need to implement stronger security measures to reduce the risk of hacking or some other form of cyberattack. /ThinkStock They cannot afford to relax their guard or have any weak links in their IT security systems as cybersecurity breaches are inevitable, according to EdTech Magazine. This issue was highlighted in a 2016 Internet Security Threat report by Symantec who found that 6.6% of cybersecurity breaches occurred in higher education institutions, putting them on equal footing with businesses as the second-most likely sectors to be attacked. This second place is a step up from their ranking in the 2015 report. The most common type of attack against universities and colleges involves phishing emails sent via social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc.
With cybercrime on the increase, higher education institutions need to implement stronger security measures to reduce the risk of hacking or some other form of cyberattack. They cannot afford to relax their guard or have any weak links in their IT security systems as cybersecurity breaches are inevitable, according to EdTech Magazine. This issue was highlighted in a 2016 Internet Security Threat report by Symantec who found that 6.6% of cybersecurity breaches occurred in higher education institutions, putting them on equal footing with businesses as the second-most likely sectors to be attacked. This second place is a step up from their ranking in the 2015 report. The most common type of attack against universities and colleges involves phishing emails sent via social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc.