How international educators can identify internal cyber threats
“Universities are commonly targeted as a rich source of valuable personal information including addresses and telephone numbers”
With reports of major data breaches appearing seemingly every week, cybercrime has been one of the major news stories of the last few years.
However, while the perception is often that perpetrators are shadowy expert hackers, most cybercriminals are, in fact, opportunists who target victims that will return the highest profits for the least effort and risk. Unfortunately for educational institutions, this means they are one of the preferred targets for attack.