Is your educational institution a soft target for hackers? Who does your web hosting? Are there any vulnerabilities in your network infrastructure that could make it easy for someone to infiltrate? Who has access to your network, and how is that access being managed? If you don’t know the answers to these questions, you could potentially be compromising your educational institution’s sensitive data. Recently, education institutions not focused on cybersecurity have become easy targets for hackers.

Educational institutions need to adopt strict protocols to combat cybersecurity breaches. Here is how to begin a security protocol.

Understand your infrastructure and the network access points.

It is important to understand the network, its components and the people who have access to parts of the infrastructure. Get help from an IT professional to learn about possible security vulnerabilities in the network and to understand the best ways to manage risks posed by them.

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The rise in demand for transportation services has led to the industry-wide adoption of fleet management software. The use of these types of software systems has given hackers multiple attack points through which they can disrupt the operations of a fleet. Hackers could take control of the entire fleet and destroy or steal valuable customer and operator data. Such a disruption can cause a loss of business and lead to costly legal implications.

Here are five best practices to protect your connected fleet from cybercriminals:

1. Update and upgrade the vehicle’s software and hardware.

It is important to update and upgrade the firmware and software applications used in the vehicle as per the vendor’s suggestions. Your IT team must notify end users every time a new hardware or software update is available. It is also important to set up encryption and multifactor authentication wherever warranted to secure those assets.

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In 2019, Microsoft announced an initiative to design secured-core PCs. This was a direct action to counter growing threats and attacks that were exploiting firmware-level vulnerabilities. In October 2021, Microsoft released Windows 11, which came with tons of features to provide enhanced user protection at the hardware level. This is a giant step toward providing zero-trust security from the device to the cloud.

Here are five enhanced security features included with Windows 11.

• Trusted platform module (TPM) security. All certified Windows 11 devices will come with a TPM 2.0 chip. This TPM chip protects sensitive information like encryption keys, user credentials and more by building a hardware fence from attacks.

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