Higher Education in the Crosshairs: Effective Cybersecurity Strategies for a Safer Future focusing on Awareness and Crisis Management.
The journey of Università Cattolica on CyberSecurity has a strong focus on the Human Firewall concept. Without neglecting “hard” cybersecurity measures, we do believe that the human factor is the real turning point for an effective protection of data, information and services. We worked on awareness with a multichannel approach, ranging from traditional awareness training to ethical phishing with “closed loop” feedback evaluation and action to more emotionally engaging experiences, such as Physical & VR Escape Rooms.
Different approaches in the German federal states to support universities in defending against cyber-attacks. The HIS-Institute for Higher Education Development (HIS-HE) has examined the various strategies and approaches in the German ministries of science and higher education and analysed the overarching fundamental issues – from financing and legal frameworks to reporting systems and IT security structures. The results of this study supplement the recommendations for dealing with cyber-attacks at universities, which HIS-HE presented at the EUNIS 2024 conference in Athens.
