Keeper Security Issues Cyber Guidance for Education IT Teams

Keeper Security is urging schools, colleges and universities to shore up cybersecurity defenses before the new academic year, citing rising risks from AI-generated phishing, deepfake impersonation, and poorly managed non-human identities such as service accounts, API keys, machine certificates, and AI agents. Company research found only 14% of schools mandate security awareness training, 41% of institutions reported AI-generated phishing attempts, and just 26% of education leaders feel confident recognising AI-enabled threats despite 52% citing deepfakes as a major concern. Recommendations include enforcing MFA, deploying password management, auditing privileged access, inventorying non-human identities, and establishing credential rotation policies, with Keeper positioning its zero-trust platform and KeeperPAM product as solutions.

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