7 Ways to Engage in Cybersecurity Awareness

CampusGuard, a partner of Nelnet Campus Commerce, focuses on cybersecurity and compliance needs of campus-based organizations in higher education. Offering a broad array of offensive security services, throughout their 12 years in business, they understand what it takes to keep higher education information secure.

Our partners at CampusGuard have created an infographic featuring seven ways for your higher education institution to engage in cybersecurity awareness every day. As you may already know, colleges and universities experienced a surge in ransomware attacks in 2021, and those attacks had significant operational and financial costs, according to Inside Higher Ed. With higher education institutions being prime targets, here are some ways your institution can engage in cybersecurity awareness every day:

• Set up automatic updates, so anti-virus software scans your devices
• Reboot your systems often

• Do not reuse passwords for different accounts
• Change passwords at least every 90 days

• Do not click on or open emails with suspicious attachments or links
• Do not send sensitive information via unencrypted emails

View the entire infographic here:

Download the Ways to Engage infographic, so your institution can use these seven practices daily to protect your institution from cyberattacks.

Want to learn more about cybersecurity for your institution, read our latest blogs:

• Scoping for Your Annual Pen Test with Hybrid Work Environments
• 3 IT Concerns for Higher Education Institutions