{"id":4031,"date":"2023-03-02T18:23:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T23:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/?p=4031"},"modified":"2023-03-02T18:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T23:23:42","slug":"4b-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/2023\/03\/02\/4b-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"4b: Cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 10pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4032 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/03\/ransomware-300x156.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/03\/ransomware-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/03\/ransomware-348x180.png 348w, https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/files\/2023\/03\/ransomware.png 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Accompanying the digital revolution is our reliance on digital systems, as well as the risk that comes with it. Technology will continue to grow exponentially, and threats evolve with an ever changing digital landscape. Hackers are able to move fast, and as soon as a hole in a system is patched up they\u2019re already finding another way in. Businesses and institutions realize the growing risk of cyberattacks and certain sectors, like finance, invest a lot of money into cybersecurity and are subsequently not considered the largest targets (in terms of the number of attacks, when they are attacked, they face huge financial consequences.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 8pt\">While in class we discussed healthcare being a major target of ransomware attacks because of its overall reliance on legacy systems, another target that made up a larger % of attacks in 2022 was the educational sector. Most institutions, however, don\u2019t pay the ransom, and in fact only 3 out of the 45 reported cyberattacks paid the hackers off. Despite this, the educational sector has seen the amount of attacks double from 2021 to 2022. This is because schools are easy targets with a lot of personal information on their students, parents, faculty, etc\u2026 Lack of funding means many schools nationwide don\u2019t spend a significant amount on cybersecurity, and the systems in place are vulnerable and often outdated. Additionally, public schools within a designated locale operate on the same networks, servers, systems, etc, meaning that if a hacker can get into one school\u2019s database, it\u2019s easy to gain access to multiple schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/schools-popular-ransomware-targets\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schools have become the leading targets of ransomware attacks &#8211; CBS News<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accompanying the digital revolution is our reliance on digital systems, as well as the risk that comes with it. Technology will continue to grow exponentially, and threats evolve with an ever changing digital landscape. 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