Protect student/faculty data, research IP, and decentralized networks — while maintaining access and agility.
Real outcomes from real campus engagements, tracked and validated through independent assessment and continuous monitoring.
Verizon analyzed more than 22,000 confirmed breaches for the 2026 DBIR. Education remains a ransomware target, and the front door is almost always a web application.
Confirmed breaches in the education sector, from 1,302 total security incidents.
Of malware-related breaches in education involved ransomware.
Web applications were the infection vector in 71% of cases.
Source: Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report, “Industries” section, NAICS 61 (Education). Read the full report at Verizon
Deep expertise across every major higher education compliance and risk framework, so nothing slips past us.
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Risk assessments across decentralized campus IT environments. We evaluate academic, administrative, research, and student systems to find gaps and prioritize remediation aligned with FERPA, GLBA, and NIST requirements.
Modern endpoint protection and network hardening across 1,000+ faculty and staff devices. We deploy advanced EDR, segment campus networks, and harden access controls to reduce attack surface while preserving academic freedom and access.
Role-based cybersecurity awareness training designed for diverse campus audiences: faculty, administrative staff, researchers, and student workers. We reduce phishing susceptibility by 85% and build a campus-wide security culture.
Tailored incident response planning and breach management for higher education. We build IR playbooks, conduct tabletop exercises, and prepare your institution to respond rapidly to ransomware, data breaches, and targeted attacks on research data.
Evaluate and manage risk across your vendor ecosystem, from LMS platforms to cloud services. We assess third-party security, build continuity plans, and ensure your institution can maintain operations through any disruption.
A mid-sized university faced growing phishing attacks, no centralized governance model, and disparate systems across academic, administrative, and research departments. Limited endpoint visibility and FERPA/GLBA compliance risks compounded the challenge.
RB Advisory ran a multi-phase approach to close compliance gaps, strengthen endpoint protection, build cybersecurity governance, and establish a campus-wide security culture aligned to FERPA and GLBA requirements.
RB Advisory helped us turn our cybersecurity challenges into strengths. Their team understood the complexities of higher education: distributed systems, diverse user groups, and evolving regulatory expectations — and delivered clear, practical solutions that made a measurable difference.
Free 30-minute strategy session with a higher education cybersecurity expert. We'll assess your campus security posture and give you a clear path to compliance.
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