This infographic highlights the ransomware risks facing higher education and the financial and operational consequences of attacks. It reports an average ransomware resolution cost of $2.73 million in education and notes that 77 attacks in 2020 affected more than 1,740 U.S. schools and colleges, resulting in an estimated $6.62 billion in downtime. It also cites internal and social-engineering risks, with 42% of schools reporting users who circumvent cybersecurity controls and 41% of higher-education incidents involving social engineering. Among ransomware victims, 58% had data encrypted, and ransom payers recovered only 68% on average. Rubrik recommends immutable backups, continuous data protection, instant recovery, intelligent log management, and end-to-end encryption to strengthen virtu

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