{"id":59395,"date":"2018-07-26T14:22:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T19:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59395"},"modified":"2018-07-26T14:22:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T19:22:44","slug":"malware-risks-increases-school-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/malware-risks-increases-school-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Malware Risks Increase As School Goes Back in Session"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Risk of Malware Infection Increases as School Begins<\/h3>\n

As students and staff begin preparing for school to reconvene\u00a0in August, administrators face increased\u00a0cyber security risks.\u00a0 The likelihood of malware spreading as both students and staff members connect their own devices to school networks increases exponentially at the beginning of the school year.\u00a0 Why is this?\u00a0 These are the same devices used throughout the summer for personal use by the students and staff.\u00a0 This means they’ve been connected the various websites with unknown security parameters and social media platforms.\u00a0 In addition, users have clicked on and downloaded, who knows what.\u00a0 There is also no certainty these devices have a security solution installed to protect against the malicious cyber activity.<\/p>\n

As a school administrator, it is imperative\u00a0to attend to the increased cyber security risks by proactively preventing them from occurring.\u00a0 One may first suggest limiting network sharing with personal devices students and staff bring.\u00a0 This makes sense, but is it manageable?<\/p>\n

Another suggestion would be to require students and staff, to run a security scan on their device prior to connecting to the school’s network.\u00a0 This will detect any malware on the device and properly remove it before connecting to the network.\u00a0 Therefore, eliminating the risk of that malware spreading to other devices on the network.\u00a0 Again, great idea — but how can this be managed?<\/p>\n

But both of these suggestions fail to account for human error.<\/p>\n

So, now what?<\/h4>\n

Even if a school password protects their network, it is entirely possible that password gets leaked.\u00a0 It is also impossible to ensure every connected device is free of malware or even has an antivirus program installed.\u00a0 Therefore, as a primary method of malware prevention, computer networks should be protected with application whitelisting technology<\/a>.\u00a0 This will only allow for known, trusted programs to execute.<\/p>\n

This means, even if malicious files were to attempt to spread onto the network, it cannot run because it’s not a known safe program.<\/p>\n

Due to the personal use of these interconnected devices over the last few months, there will a spike in malware executing throughout school systems.\u00a0 Instead of waiting for this to\u00a0occur, be proactive.\u00a0 Stay protected, and employ application whitelisting<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Risk of Malware Infection Increases as School Begins As students and staff begin preparing for school to reconvene\u00a0in August, administrators face increased\u00a0cyber security risks.\u00a0 The likelihood of malware spreading as both students and staff members connect their own devices to school networks increases exponentially at the beginning of the school year.\u00a0 Why is this?\u00a0 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