MIT

This site is an archive. For MIT's updated Written Information Security Program, visit: infoprotect.mit.edu... Universities have long been a favorite target for hackers bent on pilfering private data for identity theft and exploitation. As of August 2014, The Privacy Rights Clearing House PRC Chronology of Data Breaches documented 742 breaches in education since 2005, involving more than 14 million breached records... Higher education institutions have a reputation for employing less stringent data security protocols which increases the potential of accidental data loss and exposure. The breadth and volume of personal data collected by universities, coupled with high turnover and a technically un-savvy population in general, makes the problem of data loss at institutions nearly epidemic in nature.

Primary location: Cambridge United States