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Cybersecurity in the Education Industry 

Educational institutions face increased challenges maintaining the continuity of academics and research while keeping sensitive research, academic, and student/teacher-related information secure from threats. See how SharkStriker helps them achieve their cybersecurity and compliance objectives.

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CHALLENGES

Some cybersecurity challenges for the education sector that we help address

Some of the top challenges faced by education industry include:

  • Protection of high-value research data
  • Compliance with various data security standards such as – OWASP, GDPR, NIST, PCI DSS, and others
  • Mitigation of all kinds of security risks as a result of the evolving threat landscape
  • Incident response planning in case of cyber attacks like data breaches and ransomware attacks
  • Lack of skilled and technological resources in information security for K-12 schools, research institutions, and colleges 
SOME FACTS WORTH CONSIDERING
82%

of K-12 schools experienced cyber threat impacts in the US

86%

of school districts have less than 5 employees with security related duties

83%

of attacks on educations institutions were targeted for personal data

SOLUTION

How we help solve them?

Comprehensive risk management  
  • Automated vulnerability management  
  • Automated CIS-based assessments  
  • Weekly/Monthly/Annual risk assessments
  • Centralized dashboard 
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Compliance management
  • Complete support from compliance experts throughout the compliance journey 
  • Pre-audit/Post-audit support  
  • Risk management, gap assessment, risk treatment, implementation, training & awareness post-implementation support  
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Multi-tenant, unified security platform STRIEGO  
  • Complete visibility and centralized control of security operations  
  • Automated compliance management  
  • Automated detection and response to threats 
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Comprehensive support for incident response 
  • Access to tools and insights for effective Incident management
  • End-to-end guidance for incident response planning 
  • Full support throughout incident response lifecycle 
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COMPLIANCE

Some regulations, standards, and certifications that we help with.

GDPR
PCI DSS
HIPAA
CIS Critical Security Controls 
HITECH Act
FISMA
HITRUST CSF
ISO27001 
NIST
SOC2 

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