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Cybersecurity Solutions for Education

Safeguard your school and students against digital threats

Digital transformation is changing the way we think about school

Millions of students worldwide adopted social media and emerging digital platforms, as schools have shifted to remote schooling. By expanding their digital footprint, schools, colleges, and universities have also increased their attack surface. This is impossible to manually monitor with limited staff. Cybersecurity solutions for education provide an automated way to gain visibility and protect against physical threats, data breaches, cyber bullying, and reputational harm.

Cybersecurity threats in education

The education sector faces a myriad of cybersecurity threats – social media impersonations of school board members, admins, and teachers are common in an effort to spread misinformation. Threat actors also use phishing campaigns to gain access to remote systems, trick applicants for PII, or steal tuition payments. When online threats become offline risks, quickly knowing which are credible is crucial. Cybersecurity solutions for education help keep students, personnel, and critical data safe.

Cybersecurity solutions for education are not all the same.

Nobody wants to think of students as a target for attack – cyber or otherwise – but unfortunately, bad actors don’t have an age limit for their plans. The ZeroFox Platform provides the critical and continuous visibility they need to protect students, staff, and campuses from threats originating online.

Education is the most targeted industry for cyber attacks

The number of cyberattacks against educational organizations each week in the first half of 2022.

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Percentage increase QoQ in cyberattacks on the education sector.

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At least one school in the US is closed per day due to threats of violence made on social media.

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Protect your campus community off and online.

CREATE SAFE, CONSTRUCTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Get insights non-intrusively into social sentiment and school-related dialog. Alert on, and remediate, offensive content and help reduce cyber-bullying.

PROTECT STUDENTS AND APPLICANTS FROM SCAMS
Ensure safe student engagement on social media by finding and taking down fraudsters, impersonators, fake diplomas, and other applicant scams at scale.

EARLY INSIGHT INTO INDICATORS OF PHYSICAL ATTACKS
Gain critical awareness as soon as possible about imminent threats of violence.

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PHYSICAL AND EVENT THREAT DETECTION
Protect campuses and student events by detecting threatening posts online.

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DATA LEAKAGE DETECTION
Safeguard proprietary research and publications against leakage on surface, deep, and dark web.

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BRAND PROTECTION
Protect school online reputation and recruit new students with confidence.

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Frequently asked questions

The education sector faces a myriad of cybersecurity threats and cybersecurity issues in higher education. Some of the main threats to educational institutions include: social engineering campaigns using phishing and impersonations to spread misinformation, impact the school’s reputation, gain access to remote systems, trick applicants for PII, or steal tuition payments. Threats of violence against schools are also made online. Furthermore, cyber bullying is a major problem facing institutions of all sizes and ages. Cybersecurity solutions for education are necessary to negate these threats and keep students, and their data, safe.

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