Why education IT teams must protect both human and machine identities
At the start of every school year, schools, colleges and universities across the UK race to onboard thousands of new students, faculty and staff members, provisioning accounts, issuing credentials and connecting a wave of new devices to institutional networks.
That operational pressure creates opportunities for attackers, and this year, AI is amplifying the threat more than ever. Not only are phishing campaigns more convincing, but a hidden layer of unmanaged machine identities is expanding the cyber attack surface.
VP of Global Communications at Keeper Security.
Attackers are persistent and the education sector remains a top target with many facing cyber attacks weekly. The UK Government’s cyber security breaches survey revealed that 27% of further and higher education institutions reported experiencing a breach or attack at least weekly, compared to 14% of primary schools and 20% of secondary schools.
Navigating the expanded threat window
The education sector is one of the...
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