With K-12 schools remaining a prime target for cyber attacks, more districts are turning to cloud services to better secure their documents and sensitive data, according to speakers on a recent webinar.
The event, hosted Wednesday by the education publication EducationWeek, featured panelists from the cloud software provider Softdocs. According to Steven Freitas, a senior account executive at the company, cloud migration can help to enhance operational efficiency when it comes to data management, as well as security against the onslaught of cyber attacks leading to data breaches in the K-12 sector.
“Ransomware is at an all-time high across education. Every year, it seems to unfortunately be increasing. They seem to be an easy target because of the different users across the board,” he said during the webinar. “A single cybersecurity breach can cost a district millions of dollars. You can see over the last year, we’ve had a rise of 275 percent, and it’s continuing to be an ongoing issue.”
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