Under attack: it’s time universities responded seriously to the worsening threat of cybercrime
…spite being one of, if not the most, frequently attacked sectors above telecoms and defence, higher education spends only a fraction of the amount that other sectors can afford on cybersecurity. The nature of these institutions (highly distributed, extremely collegiate, with lots of autonomy and decision-making units) means that it can be hard to get buy-in when proposing to spend more money on system upgrades, better security, and more integrated…