Colleges and universities are being warned to carefully check for malware on any device owned by newly enrolled students.
Jisc’s director of security, David Batho, explains:
“With educational institutions beginning a new academic year this week, student onboarding has been the priority for many organisations, and with this comes an element of risk.
“Student-owned devices may be infected with malware, which will present a risk to other devices connected to the same network unless appropriate security controls are implemented.
“In addition, accounts and remote access solutions that are provided to students to aid the education and learning journey are also at risk if they are accessed from infected devices.”
