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Securing the Digital Campus: A Guide for Education Leaders

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Education networks are open by design, holding vast amounts of personal data, IP, and research material against legacy systems and fragmented controls. This guide covers:

  • Why the most serious security incidents in education stem from within, not malice, but mistakes
  • Protecting data that moves constantly between campuses, cloud platforms, and partner institutions
  • Navigating GDPR, FERPA, and overlapping data privacy frameworks
  • Why compliance now means demonstrable control, not paperwork
  • Building a culture of shared security responsibility across faculty, administrators, and students

How Smarttech247 + Forcepoint Can Help

Together, Smarttech247 and Forcepoint give universities and schools complete visibility into how data moves across people, systems, and cloud environments, preventing insider threats and accidental data loss before they happen.

  • 24/7/365 managed detection and response
  • Context-aware DLP and behaviour analytics from Forcepoint
  • Adaptive policies that follow data everywhere, not just the device
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Who This Guide is For

CISO / Head of Security

Insider risk and borderless data are the two hardest problems in education security. This guide covers both, plus what GDPR and FERPA actually require.

IT Director / Head of IT

Campus data moves constantly between systems, cloud platforms, and partner institutions. This guide shows how to keep visibility without slowing that down.

Procurement / Vendor Risk Lead

Compliance now means demonstrable control, not paperwork. This guide gives you the standard to hold any DLP vendor against.