Cybersecurity for universities, schools and other educational institutions
Trusted by thousands of schools, colleges and universities across the UK protecting 500,000+ devices. ESET’s advanced cybersecurity solutions have the protection needed to safeguard against ransomware attacks, data breaches, and other advanced cyber risks in the ever-changing threat landscape.
The education sector is one of the highest-risk industries in the UK. The statistics below show that many institutions have experienced a cyber breach in the past year.
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of schools have a business continuity and disaster plan
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of schools have not received any cybersecurity training
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of schools lack basic protections*
Safeguard your school, college, or university with ESET
Speak to one of our specialist cybersecurity consultants to learn how we can tailor a solution to your requirements, budget, and timescales, using ESET’s award-winning technology to keep your staff, students, and data safe.
"As a Managed Service Provider for Education, it is critically important for us to have rigid security in an ever more challenging environment. ESET’s been great, we never had any issues for all these years and scalability has been very straightforward. Technical support is second to none. We normally communicate with our account manager on a weekly basis. We even co-hosted customer-facing events where ESET helped with our budget. Overall, we mostly enjoy consistency and reliability so we can focus on what we do best - ICT for our schools."
Imran Khan
Services Director @ MGL
"ESET was easy to deploy and each secondary school has its own deployment of the ESET Protect Console. The primary schools are managed collectively by the central office. The network managers are confident in the management and use of the console and find it simple to get the information they need."
United Learning
The importance of cybersecurity in the education sector
Here are the stats on how many breaches and attacks schools and educational institutions have identified in the last year.
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Primary schools
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Secondary schools
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Further education
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Higher education
Cybersecurity threats in education institutions
What are the main cyber threats education institutions are facing today?
Phishing attacks
Phishing is a form of cyber-attack in which criminals impersonate a trustworthy or legitimate source, usually requesting sensitive and personal information such as passwords and/or account details of the victim.
Ransomware attacks
Ransomware is a type of malware that can lock a device or encrypt its contents, this prevents the user from accessing their personal files to extort money. In return, operators of the malicious code promise – of course, without any guarantees – to restore access to the affected machine or data.
Viruses, spyware or malware
Malware combines two words – "malicious" and "software" and describes any form of malicious code specifically designed to infiltrate a computer or device without authorised access. While malware doesn’t cause damage to hardware, it can steal, delete and hijack your data while spying on your activity without you knowing.
ESET are invested in educating future generations
Safer Kids Online
Safer Kids Online (SKO) is a global initiative currently active in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific, with more markets to follow. It is a resource platform for kids, parents and educators, dedicated to building a safer online environment for children. Its website and related newsletter feature blogs, videos, parental guidance and expert insights that help children to safely enjoy the internet’s full potential. Our ultimate goal is to become a valuable source for kids, parents and teachers and to support communities and schools with direct teaching sessions through formal educators.
University Studentship
Our Cybersecurity Studentship is the first of its kind in the UK, offering a female student a £5000 grant to study a cybersecurity course at Bournemouth University, as well as ongoing support and hardware needed. This initiative aims to increase diversity within the industry and support students to pursue their career aspirations, no matter what gender they are.
Cybersecurity Training
We offer free cybersecurity training that you can share with your employees and colleagues to help reduce cybersecurity risk through human error. With this free training, you can create a more secure digital environment for your staff and students with the tools and resources you need.
