Educational institutions have been the target and victim of ransomware attacks. Garry Scobie, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, The University of Edinburg, spoke at length with Dr. Dave Chatterjee on protecting academic institutions from ransomware and other forms of cyber-attacks. The very engaging and informative discussion covered a lot of ground ranging from identifying the most significant threats to reviewing the challenges of dealing with such threats and making recommendations on how best to secure the academic institution and its stakeholders. Garry shared several good practices, one of which was creating the Champions Network to enhance cybersecurity awareness.

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https://www.dchatte.com/episode-2-protecting-academic-institutions-from-ransomware-and-other-forms-of-cyber-attacks/

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