This brief examines how higher-education IT teams preserve openness and online learning while protecting complex, regulated campuses. Universities support students, faculty, researchers, cloud applications, email, Wi-Fi, and thousands of mobile and IoT devices, creating exposure to phishing, ransomware, denial-of-service attacks, data theft, and disruption. They must protect student records and research while demonstrating PCI DSS, HIPAA, and FERPA compliance under tight budgets. The Fortinet Security Fabric integrates network, endpoint, access, application, cloud, firewall, sandbox, and threat-intelligence controls. Shared intelligence, centralized visibility, automation, scalable management, and compliance reporting reduce gaps and staffing demands while preserving performance and learni

Join for free to read