How To Protect Student Identities I Arctic Wolf

This advisory outlines the heightened cyber risk to K-12 educational institutions—highlighting a Medusa ransomware publication of student records and industry statistics showing large numbers of incidents and data disclosures—and summarizes common challenges (insufficient funding, limited IT resources, off-hour coverage gaps, low security awareness) while recommending mitigations including identity security (MFA and monitoring), vulnerability management, compliance awareness, security training, incident response retainers, cyber insurance, and partnering with managed security providers.