IMPLEMENT BASIC SECURITY PRACTICES

Schools should take these defensive steps:

Patch vulnerabilities quickly.

Update antivirus software and anti-phishing tools. These can prevent credential reuse and detect compromised passwords, and that stops breaches before they begin.

Segment networks to prevent lateral attacker movement.

Audit logs to monitor who accesses the system.

If all else fails: Be sure you can recover. Offline backups are the most effective way to recover from a ransomware attack. Regularly back up data, air gap, and password-protect backup copies. Basic security behaviors can help schools recover from loss of access to records and systems. However, they do little to mitigate the ongoing damage of student-record data theft. Student records can sell for as much as US$350 each, potentially leading to fraud, identity theft, and other unwanted consequences.

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