Securing the Digital Transformation Journey for Universities
Author: Dino Rossi, TM Ching
For universities, trust, and increasingly digital trust, has become an important foundation in establishing and maintaining customer and partner relationships. As universities digitally transform their services, they need to acknowledge the increasing risks posed by cybersecurity attacks and ensure they are at the highest level of readiness.
Learn more about the ever-increasing threats posed by cybersecurity attacks and how universities can navigate the cybersecurity challenges posed by digitally transforming their services.
Today’s Australian university sector is a highly competitive and challenging marketplace. Globalisation, ubiquitous global network access, evolving digital technologies, and increasing customer expectations, are changing the way education is being delivered and how collaborative research is undertaken.
Universities are responding by utilising current and evolving technologies to digitally transform the campus. In doing so they are seeking to extend the university experience beyond the campus walls to attract and retain new student bodies and broaden research partnerships. These new digital services are enabling universities to respond faster to competitive forces and maintain relevance in a highly competitive market.
Digitally transforming university services and extending them beyond the security of the campus walls introduces new security risks. Risks, if not managed correctly, can significantly impact a university’s reputation and status. In this changing landscape it is not surprising that university CIOs regard information security amongst their top three most significant concerns.
As universities strive to compete in this evolving digitally driven education market place, there is a growing need to ensure the institution’s reputation is protected and enhanced.