The University of Maine will spend $2.6 million over the next three years to beef up information security following a data breach last year that exposed personal information on 4585 students and alumni who had visited the university’s counseling center.

The University will spend the money to close information security gaps discovered after an audit of the university’s IT systems, according to Rebecca Wyke, the university’s vice chancellor for finance and administration. The audit of IT systems found four areas of high risk and three areas of medium risk, according to a report in the Bangor Daily News.