State University System
50,000 students, 8,000 faculty/staff, managing 200+ departmental websites
Key Assets At Risk:
- Student services continuity
- Academic research data
- University reputation
- Internet infrastructure responsibility
Business Pressure
- Fall registration period - student services disruption affects 50,000 students
- University reputation and internet responsibility at stake
Cultural Factors
- University delayed IIS patches during registration period to avoid disrupting critical student services
- Academic departments host research data and student services on shared vulnerable web server infrastructure
- Universityβs infected servers are now participating in coordinated attacks against other educational and government institutions