A wealth of personally identifiable information (PII), an expanding network footprint, and limited security resources—from K-12 to higher education, robust cyber risk management is critical to protect the integrity of your educational environments and the privacy of your students.
The cost of a data breach in the education industry.
Schools, universities, and educational providers are prime targets for cyber threats, ranging from data breaches affecting sensitive student records to ransomware attacks disrupting entire school network systems.
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2023
Why Bitsight for Education Organizations
Bitsight solutions provide you with the insights you need to safeguard student and staff data, mitigate third-party risk, and maintain compliance readiness. We empower educators and administrators with cybersecurity solutions to ensure that educational journeys are both enriching and secure.
Strategic Risk Management
Gain a complete view of exposure across your digital ecosystem, identifying threats before they impact your operations.
Comprehensive Risk Assessments
Determine if your third-parties put your institution at risk and extend your security perimeter with continuous monitoring.
Regulatory Compliance
Meet and exceed standards like FERPA, GDPR, and COPPA using security ratings and analytics to clearly communicate your security posture.
Robust Data Protection
Guard sensitive student information and academic research against unauthorized access, ransomware, and breaches.
Manage Security Performance Across Your Ecosystem.
Keep a pulse on your expanding attack surface and critical assets, such as EdTech tools, student devices, and cloud-based applications. Discover emerging vulnerabilities, areas of concentrated risk, and gaps in security controls—and benchmark against the industry’s best.
Mitigate Third-Party Cyber Risk From Educational Partners.
Schools and universities often act as proving grounds for new technologies, but each tool can be a point-of-entry for attackers. Vet the security performance of your vendors—from textbook publishers to cloud-based student portals and e-learning solutions—before bringing them onboard and continuously monitor their security posture.
Bitsight sees what attackers see. It has helped me become a better defender because I now have outside-in visibility to my network and can effect strategic change. We’re no longer sitting ducks."
