Protecting universities and solving cyber security issues

Abstract

Criminals are continually developing new ways and means of stealing, exploiting, and holding to ransom the most prized and valuable asset of any organisation – its data. Universities are now viewed as soft targets due to their limited resources, finding themselves under constant attack. Protection is paramount. Adopting a layered approach to security, and ensuring all users have adequate training should be mandatory. Understanding how attacks work in order to prepare for what to do when – not if – an attack takes place will help to minimise the damage such an attack could cause. The threat of cyber crime may be a hard lesson, but universities must pay attention