Education Why channel partners should be


targeting education this summer


By Brian Kane, director of Global MSP Programs, Malwarebytes. I


t’s no secret that the education sector is struggling when it comes to cybersecurity. In the last year alone,


we found education was the target in 16% of known attacks in the UK, 4% in France and Germany, and 7% in the USA. Tose numbers are only likely to increase. Te main issue I see time and time


again is the scarcity of IT support staff with the experience and budget required to implement effective security strategies. Schools and universities are grappling with low retention and under-resourced IT teams. Tis lack of IT administrators available means IT teams within the education sector are struggling to manage the volume of incoming cyber threats. You need only look at the last year to understand the sheer scale of attacks


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on education in the UK. Both primary, secondary and further education institutions are more likely to have identified cybersecurity breaches or attacks in the last 12 months than the average UK business. Most worryingly, 60% of the higher education institutions that did identify breaches reported financial and data losses. Constraints on staffing levels and


expertise have created an ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ approach to cybersecurity across institutions. Unfortunately, indecision and inactivity are leaving schools and universities vulnerable to cyber threats and without the necessary equipment, solutions, and expertise to effectively mitigate and manage these risks. As schools wind down for the summer break, now is the perfect time for channel


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