Higher Education - IoT Threat Detection and Response

Challenge

Higher education IoT environment complexity and threat landscape diversity makes real-time threat detection and response difficult.

Unrelenting
attacks

2,507

average number of cyberattack attempts educational institutions experience per week

High attack success rate

74%

of cyberattacks on colleges and universities have been successful

Devastating financial consequences

$3.8M

average cost of a data breach in higher education in 2024

Solution

Cylera protects IoT devices in higher education from modern cyber threats by automating threat detection, minimizing alert noise, and simplifying remediation.

A teacher using a smart board in a higher education classroom, illustrating an IoT enabled interactive learning experience while the Cylera platform’s IoT threat detection ensures a secure campus network.

Automated Threat Detection, Reduced Alert Noise

“Implementing Cylera’s automated threat detection has significantly enhanced our ability to quickly identify and respond to IoT threats. We've also seen a marked reduction in alert noise, which helps our team to focus on the most critical issues first to maintain a secure environment for our students and staff.”

Information Security Director

Large Research University

Quickly identify, prioritize, and remediate IoT device threats in higher education institutions

IT admins reviewing IoT threat intelligence and security data on Cylera’s platform, analyzing vulnerabilities, network activity, and potential attack vectors to safeguard research data and intellectual property.

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Deep Threat Context

Cylera correlates specific threat data points such as vulnerabilities, indicators of compromise (IOCs), network behavior, and in-service data. This helps higher education security teams understand the immediate threat impact and relevance within their specific environment and reduces alert noise.

Comprehensive Threat Intelligence

Cylera consolidates and enhances various forms of threat data—strategic, operational, tactical, and technical—into actionable intelligence. This intelligence helps security teams in higher education make informed decisions and implement effective remediation strategies.

Additionally, Cylera's threat intelligence also helps higher education security teams understand the motives, capabilities, and tactics of threat actors, enabling the development of proactive defense strategies to protect research data and intellectual property.

A higher education cybersecurity executive reviewing IoT device threat intelligence reports, leveraging Cylera’s platform for informed decision-making and effective remediation strategies.

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An IT cybersecurity admin in a university reviewing IoT threat remediation strategies for his team, leveraging Cylera’s platform for actionable threat detection and response.

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Threat Remediation Guidance

Cylera provides targeted, actionable guidance for IoT threat remediation, specifically designed for higher education IT and security teams with limited resources. This guidance is based on thorough analyses of IoT device vulnerabilities, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and network behavior.

As a result, security teams are equipped to quickly and confidently tackle identified IoT threats, enhancing their incident response capabilities.

Integrated Threat Response

By integrating with existing network and security tools used within higher education institutions, Cylera ensures that IoT threat context, intelligence, and remediation information is delivered directly to the teams responsible for threat remediation. This helps teams take immediate action to contain or neutralize IoT device threats.

Cylera integrations with firewall, network access control (NAC), and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions ensure that different security teams all quickly receive the actionable information they need for swift and confident threat containment and incidence response.