An Integrated Approach to Security Helps De-Risk Remote Working and Learningat UWA

The overnight transition to remote working, teaching, and learning has been a major challenge for universities, not least because of potential cybersecurity implications. In a recent survey by Educause, more than 40% of respondents noted that security awareness training, email filtering, data loss prevention, and vulnerability scanning were more important now than ever before.  

Remote working and learning heightens a number of threats:

• Mission-critical data is now traversing networks you do not control, like insecure home networks or public Wi-Fi
• Employees are probably working with personally owned devices, which are often out-of-date, vulnerable or potentially insecure
• Cyber criminals are using clever phishing and other tactics to spread malware or trick people into revealing privileged access credentials during a time of uncertainty.

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