Educational institutions draw sophisticated cybercriminals and nation-state actors like China-, North Korea-, Iran-, and Russia-aligned APT groups, ranking third globally in attacks. A perfect storm—porous networks, transient users, tight budgets, legacy tech, and valuable data—fuels breaches, with 71% of UK secondary schools and nearly all universities affected. ESET software fortifies academia: multilayered endpoint protection, network monitoring, AI threat detection, and legacy support secure porous environments. It blocks APTs proactively, manages user scale, optimizes budgets, and safeguards sensitive data—restoring resilience against relentless targeting.

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