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Why Higher Education Needs to Address Web Application Security Now More Than Ever
This infographic explains how the rapid shift to online learning increased the dependence of universities on web applications for teaching, administration, research, finance, registration, student records, and collaboration. Online enrollment expanded dramatically during 2020, while ransomware attacks against education rose sharply. Students required conferencing and classroom tools, staff needed access to ERP and sensitive personal information, and research teams managed valuable data that attracted theft. Web applications enabled remote access but also introduced new vulnerabilities. FortiWeb Cloud on AWS provides scalable application protection without requiring dedicated hardware, supports automated security tasks, and integrates with the AWS Well-Architected Framework and Fortinet Sec
