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		<title>Making The Business Case for CIS Benchmarks Automation in SLED</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Making The Business Case for CIS Benchmarks Automation in SLED The statistics are grim for State, Local and Education (SLED) organizations. Between 2022 and 2023, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) reports that malware attacks increased 148%, ransomware was up 51% and endpoint data breaches increased by 313% in the sector. Yes, you have data ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Gain Maximum Cybersecurity Protection from Minimal Budget Increases In 2018, at least a third of Atlanta government services were attacked, including police dashboard cams, utility payments and Wi-Fi at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the busiest airport in the world. When all was said and done, that breach cost the city $9.5M to recover from. Experts say ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[eBook: Budgeting for CIS Benchmarks Implementation in Higher Education As the 2021 fall semester began, two American community colleges had to close due to cyberattacks. In June 2022, the IT system of a university in Italy was held ransom for $4.5 million. And Malwarebytes called out 2023 as the “worst ransomware year on record” for ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[eBook: How to Combat the Cybersecurity Crisis in Higher Education The Higher Ed sector knows there’s a crisis afoot. Education CISOs and CIOs are aware that they are the number one target of hackers globally, with nearly 2,300 attacks per week. Everything from their decentralized legacy systems to the massive amounts of personal and proprietary ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[10 Reasons to Automate CIS Benchmarks in Higher Education In a perfect world, you’d be able to afford a mature cybersecurity program. You’d confidently laugh off the 2300 attacks on the education sector each week. You’d brush off the fact that 74% of ransomware attacks on colleges are successful. And all those people talking Higher ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Six Obstacles to Achieving Cybersecurity Maturity in Higher Ed Imagine walking through the longest, darkest, most dangerous alleyway in town every night—with wads of cash sticking out of your pockets. You’ll make it through safely many times. Until you don’t. That is the kind of risk you take with hackers each day you don’t have ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Ten Signs Your Education Institution Needs CIS Benchmarks Cybersecurity   The Research and Education sectors are extremely high achievers—in a dangerous way. Worldwide, they receive the highest volume of cyberattacks. At times, Higher Education has averaged twice as many weekly attacks as other industries, totaling more than 2000 attacks a week. The average cost of ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Budgeting for CIS Benchmarks Implementation in Higher Education  As FY25 begins to take shape in colleges and universities across the country, there are many competing initiatives to consider. One of those initiatives,comes with a cost of doing it, and a cost of not doing it. And the cost of not doing it is greater, not ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Plona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity 101: Creating Higher Standards for Higher Education As the 2021 fall semester began in community colleges across the nation, two schools had to close from cyberattack. In July of 2022, another college took down its phone and online services for a month due to a malware attack. And in May of 2023, a group ...]]></description>
		
		
		
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