How Colleges & Universities Can Prevent Ransomware Attacks | UpGuard

This report outlines the growing prevalence of ransomware in higher education, highlighting sector-wide security gaps, remote endpoint sprawl, budget and staffing constraints, and a 2022 statistic showing 64% of institutions affected. It provides prescriptive guidance to reduce risk, including centralized IT security governance, cross-department coordination, user training, adoption of EDR/XDR, MFA and zero trust, regular backups, cyber insurance, continuous risk assessments and penetration testing, network segmentation, antivirus/anti-malware deployment, and diligent third‑party risk management.