Industry Brief: K-12 Education

Keeper Security Government Cloud
Password Manager and Privileged
Access Manager for K-12 Schools

K-12 Schools Are Targets

School systems are a primary target for cybercriminals,
both because of the vast amounts of student and staff
data they possess and the potential for large payouts.
Cyberattacks targeting K-12 schools in the U.S. rose from
400 in 2018 to over 1,300 in 2021.1 In addition, debilitating
ransomware attacks targeting K-12 organizations havegrown 827% since 2021.2

Student and Staff Data Is at Risk

Schools maintain a wealth of personal information, includingnames, addresses, birth dates and sometimes even Social
Security numbers of students, staff, and parents. This data
can be sold on the dark web or used for identity theft.
Schools are critical public institutions, and any disruption totheir operations can have serious consequences. This makes
them potential targets for ransomware attacks.

Schools Lack Robust Security

Many K-12 school systems do not have the latest security
infrastructure in place. Budget constraints, lack of IT
personnel or simply not recognizing the potential threats canlead to vulnerabilities in their systems. Student passwords
are particularly problematic as IT teams must enforce
length and complexity requirements but also ensure students
are able to easily log in to password-protected systems suchas student portals.

Failure To Act Is Costly

Recovering from a cyberattack can be expensive. Schools
might need to hire external experts, replace compromised
hardware, purchase new software or pay ransoms. In
addition, schools are often required by law to protect
student data. A breach can lead to legal consequences,
potential lawsuits and fines.

Public School Systems Are Under Attack

827%
Ransomware attacks targeting K-12
school systems have increased morethan eightfold since 2021.

$9.4B

The total cost of ransomware attacks on
K-12 schools in 2022 is estimated to benearly ten billion dollars.3

74%
The number of data breaches due tothe “human element” with a majority
involving weak or stolen passwords.

9MONTHSIt takes a K-12 school two to nine months
on average to fully recover from a
successful cyberattack.4
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Industry Brief
K-12 Education

Cybersecurity Starts with Protecting Your Passwords, Secrets and Credentials
Keeper Security Government Cloud (KSGC) Password Manager and Privileged Access Manager delivers
enterprise-grade password, passkey, secrets and privileged connection management in one unified platform.

Bonus >>> Keeper provides a free personal password manager to all students

Keeper gives educational organizations the visibility and control they need to prevent credential-based cyberattacks byenabling IT administrators to manage employee password use and systems access throughout the data environment.
Keeper provides privileged account session management, secrets management, Single Sign-On (SSO) integration,privileged account credential management, and powerful credential vaulting and access control.

Protect Employee Passwords and Credentials

Keeper’s unique security architecture protects data andsystems with a solution that is quick to deploy and easy
to use. Securely store, share and manage passwords
across the entire organization.

Simplify Secure Remote AccessSecurely manage your remote connections fromanywhere – no VPN required.

Streamline Compliance and Audits

Provide on-demand visibility of access permissions toyour organization’s credentials and secrets.

Enables organizations to securely
manage, protect, discover,share and rotate passwords andpasskeys with full control andvisibility to simplify auditing andcompliance.

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Delivers a fully-managed,
cloud-based solution to secure
infrastructure secrets such as
API keys, database credentials,access keys and certificates.

Provides an agentless remotedesktop gateway for instantprivileged session management,
remote infrastructure access andsecure remote database accesswith RDP, SSH keys, database
and Kubernetes endpoints –without the need for a VPN.

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