Digital Education: The Cybersecurity Challenges in the Online Classroom (2019-2020)

Abstract

E-learning or digital education is one of the advantages provided by the information revolution, which covered all fields and did not exclude the education sector, as many platforms and applications that provide distance education services were available. Students, professors, and education departments have multiple options to manage the educational and academic process. However, with all these positive advantages, this type of education entailed great risks related to cybersecurity much related research says that the education sector has the greatest percentage of attacks and threats denial of service, ransomware, and phishing attacks. This paper studies and analyses those risks using the Kaspersky DDoS Intelligence System. A part of Kaspersky DDoS Protection and explain the methods of protection for educational institutions.

The Impact of the Information Security Policies on Organizational Performance

“…The cognitive and digital explosion that we are experiencing today has led to a number of challenges facing today's world in terms of the massive spread of digital attacks, viruses, computer worms, spyware files, In addition to negligence and unintended mistakes and other risks that threaten our presence on the Internet, which has become very vital infrastructure for creating important platforms and applications for conducting business for various sectors from Governmental companies and units, including health, education, and other government services, The total dependence of institutions on the Internet to conduct business has brought many problems and challenges that must be studied by specialists to provide the best solutions and practices that must be followed to provide the necessary protection to ensure protection for business continuity and ensure its quality and availability [1].…”