Cyber security for Education
Much of the data stored in education data systems is of little interest or value to hackers. Schools, colleges and universities are still potential targets for criminals however.
Sensitive personal data like student records or payment details can still be stolen from education networks for instance. And universities are a goldmine of intellectual property and sensitive research data. If criminals believe data is saleable, they will steal it.
Colleges and universities are also at risk from internal threats. Inquisitive or disaffected students may attempt to break into systems for fun – or to cause damage.
Fidus provide a range of cost-effective security assessment and advisory services to help you better protect your IT systems – and the sensitive data you store in them:
• Penetration testing – How secure is your network perimeter? Your internal safeguards? We’ll show you the loopholes and exploits that hackers would use to break in.
• Permissions and accounts audit – With potentially thousands of logins to manage, are your credentials and permissions being managed properly? We’ll help you find out.
• Phishing email security – Are your teaching and non-teaching staff ready to deal with fake emails and attempts to steal logins?
• Physical security provisions – Can you keep intruders out of your data centres?
• Red Team scenarios – Using proven hacking tools and techniques, we’ll simulate a full-scale cyberattack – and test your responses to the incident.
At the end of the process, we’ll provide you with a full report that shows where your systems are – and are not – performing optimally. We’ll also supply you with a series of recommendations for future improvement, so you have everything required to apply for additional IT security funding.
