It’s important for higher ed institutions to train faculty, staff and students on best practices 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 Symantec . This issue was highlighted in a 2015 Internet Security Threat report by Symantec who found that 6.6 percent 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 third place is a step up from their ranking in the 2016 report. The Symantec report advises IT departments within these institutions to accept help from other parties.
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 Symantec . This issue was highlighted in a 2015 Internet Security Threat report by Symantec who found that 6.6 percent 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 third place is a step up from their ranking in the 2016 report. The Symantec report advises IT departments within these institutions to accept help from other parties.