Strengthening defensive measures and optimizing attack preparation, along with good security hygiene, can help education organizations avoid ransomware attacks

Education suffers the highest rate of ransomware attacks


Strengthening defensive measures and optimizing attack preparation, along with good security hygiene, can help education organizations avoid ransomware attacks

Key points:

  • Both K-12 and higher-ed reported alarmingly high rates of ransomware attacks in 2022
  • Survey results show that paying ransoms increases recovery times
  • See related article: Defending against the most common cyberattacks
  • Learn How to Lower Cybersecurity Threats to Your School

Education reported the highest rate of ransomware attacks in 2022, and over the past year, 79 percent of higher-ed organizations surveyed reported being hit by ransomware, while 80 percent of K-12 organizations surveyed were targeted—an increase from 64 percent and 56 percent in 2021, respectively.

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