The chief aim of the security industry at-large typifies the old adage, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” And no more recently has this been clearly demonstrated then by the rash of cyberattacks on academic institutions, school districts, and universities as the pandemic has accelerated a shift to remote learning. But unlike the pandemic this isn’t a new or “unprecedented” issue. Forbes reported back in 2018 that a lack of cybersecurity funding expertise posed a very real threat to the U.S. education infrastructure.
There are countless stories describing how the Education sector was targeted and hit hard (and continues to be hit hard) by bad actors exploiting the security challenges that arose of this year’s patchwork stay-at-home orders.