CASE STUDY Phishing Attacks Prompt Private University to Seek Cybersecurity Help From BitLyft INTRO: In the spring of 2017, a well-known university in Illinois started to get hit with a number of phishing attempts. Over the following weeks and months, the attacks began to increase exponentially. Staff began to work a number of additional hours to remedy the situation, but the number of attacks just kept increasing. Finally, by mid-summer the university began to look to an outside source for help. THE CHALLENGE: Educational institutions face many challenges: large user bases, complex networks, access controls and sensitive records. This medium-sized university, with its network of 400 access locations and SMART classrooms, was no exception. At the time of the phishing attacks,

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