Higher education institutions were pushed to their limits at the start of the pandemic as they pivoted almost overnight to deliver education in a remote environment. IT departments rallied to reengineer crucial processes to allow universities to continue to serve their constituents.

According to a report by The Chronicle of Higher Education, 63% of schools said the pandemic sped their adoption of cloud services. But did they do enough to enhance cybersecurity?

A survey of more than 130 leaders from higher ed institutions by Arctic Wolf and Higher Ed Dive’s studioID found that many universities might not be adequately prepared for increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats.

In this survey report we’ve identified three key gaps that universities must address to protect their infrastructure and data as their reliance on technology increases and how to fix them.

• While many higher education institutions say they have invested in adequate security, in reality, they may just be “checking the box.”
• Higher education institutions underestimate the threat of a ransomware attack.
• Higher education institutions overestimate their ability to recover from a ransomware attack.

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