Most American colleges and universities experienced at least one IT security incident in the past year, according to a new survey by CDW Government Inc. and Eduventures. The survey of 182 college officials found that 58 percent of them had some kind of IT incident, while 9 percent reported a loss or theft of personal student data.
Thirty-five percent of those surveyed reported a hacker attack from someone outside the institution, and 21 percent said they had suffered an intrusion from someone within the college.About half of the officials felt that their colleges were "moderately safe" from attack, while 11 percent said their networks were "very safe" from attack.
Stanton S. Gatewood, chief security officer for the University of Georgia, said he was hardly surprised to hear of widespread security breaches. "I was surprised so many people were brave enough to say their networks were strong," he said. —Jeffrey R. Young
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