15 Ways to Protect Your School From a Cyberattack!

Cybersecurity essentials for peace of mind

Keeping school’s data and systems safe should be a key concern of all education stakeholders — and, as cyber threats become more sophisticated, having a robust cybersecurity strategy in place is the first step towards protection your school's vital assets and creating a safe and secure educational environment.

Here is a list of 15 cybersecurity essentials that your school should be implementing as part of an ongoing strategy. You can also download a PDF version of this glossary of terms by clicking the button below:

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Security Assessment

It’s important to establish a baseline and close existing vulnerabilities. When was your last assessment?

Spam Email

Secure your email. Most attacks originate in your email. We'll help you choose a service designed to reduce spam and your exposure to attacks on your staff via email.

Password

Apply security policies on your network. Examples: Deny or limit USB file storage access, enable enhanced password policies, set user screen timeouts, and limit user access.

Security Awareness

Train your users - often! Teach them about data security, email attacks, and your policies and procedures. Through Learning Locker, we offer a web-based training solution and "done for you" security policies.

Advanced Endpoint Detection & Response

Protect your computer's data from malware, viruses, and cyberattacks with advanced endpoint security. Today's latest (which replaces your outdated antivirus solution) protects against file-less and script-based threats and can even roll back a ransomware attack.

Multi-factor Authentication

Utilise Multi-Factor Authentication whenever you can, including on your network, banking websites, and even social media. it adds an additional layer of protection to ensure that even if your password does get stolen, your data stays protected.

Computer Updates

Keep Microsoft, Adobe, and Java products updated for better security. We provide a "critical update" service via automation to protect your computers from the latest known attacks.

Dark Web Research

Knowing in real-time what passwords and accounts have been posted on the Dark Web will allow you to be proactive in preventing a data breach. We scan the Dark Web and take action to protect your business from stolen credentials that have been posted for sale.

SIEM/Log Management

(Security Incident & Event Management) uses big data engines to review all event and security logs from all covered devices to protect against advanced threats and to meet compliance requirements.

Web Gateway Security

Internet security is a race against time. Cloud-based security detects web and email threats as they emerge on the internet, and blocks them on your networks within seconds - before they reach the user.

Mobile Device Security

Today's cybercriminals attempt to steal data or access your network by way of your employees' phones and tablets/ They're counting on you to neglect this piece of the puzzle. Mobile device security closes this gap.

Firewall

Turn on intrusion detection and intrusion Prevention features. Send the log files to managed SIEM. And if your IT team doesn't know what these things are, call us today!

Encryption

Whenever possible, the goal is to encrypt files at rest, in motion (think email) and especially on mobile devices.

Backup

Backup local. Backup to the cloud. Have an offline backup for each month of the year. Test your backups often. And if you aren't convinced your backups are working properly, call us ASAP.

Cyber Insurance

If all else fails, protect your income and business with cyber damage and recovery insurance policies.

Working with Computeam

Is your cybersecurity strategy adequate?

One in three schools will suffer a cyber breach this year. Of those breaches, 97% could have been prevented with modern technology.

With those startling figures in mind, schools shouldn't think of cybersecurity strategies as an afterthought, but rather an integral component of their IT infrastructure.

Computeam Secure provides cybersecurity services that are designed with the unique needs of each institution at the forefront of any solution, offering robust protection against the multitude of cyber threats your school could be exposed to.

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