University of Surrey

Описание: Using Bitsight to Shine a Light on Cyber Risk Internally and Across its Vendor Portfolio.

Like all higher education institutions, the University of Surrey takes cybersecurity very seriously. Any security incident can compromise student data, interrupt learning and research, and harm the reputation and ranking of the university.

However, with a student population of more than 16,000 students – many of them accessing the university wireless network using their own unprotected devices – hackers have thousands of potential entry points.

“We can’t risk an infected student device connecting to our wireless network, which, like many universities, is very open,” said Ambrose Neville, Head of Information Security at the University of Surrey.

The university also relies on hundreds of vendors and partners to achieve its mission of providing excellent education and delivering social and economic impacts through research and innovation. To mitigate the risk of a cyber-attack originating from a third-party, the university needed visibility into cyber risk hidden within its vendor portfolio.

“Our goal was to discover things we didn’t already know about a vendor's security program,” said Neville.