Online Learning Update

January 7, 2021

4 ways COVID has impacted campus IT–and what’s next

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

LAURA ASCIONE, eCampus News

Campus IT leaders have their hands full navigating online learning and increased threats to network security. Higher education has always been a target for cybercriminals, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only highlighted vulnerabilities in campus IT networks and infrastructure. Higher education institutions often host sensitive research data, patent information, and a vast amount of student personal data while supporting a sprawling campus of information resources used by students, faculty and others. The current pandemic has added to these problems and has sent university network administrators scrambling to accommodate the rapid shift to remote, on-line learning, coping with unprecedented traffic volumes on university network infrastructure and a vastly increased risk of security breaches.

https://www.ecampusnews.com/2020/12/14/4-ways-covid-has-impacted-campus-it-and-whats-next/

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