This is an article from the National Cyber-Security Center in the UK. It specifically addresses the threat of cyber-espionage to universities and colleges in the UK. However, everything in this article also applies to the US.
I started work at Pitts Computer Center in 1977, and later went to the Penn State Information Technology Services in 1983. The emphasis was always on capability and accessibility. Security, if ever considered, was really an after thought.
This all changed as networks were introduced. Security measures had to be applied, especially at the network level. However, faculty balked at this. How dare the IT staff take away their complete and total control? I became the poster-boy for least-privilege access among the faculty to show that it would not negatively affect our work.
Two-factor authentication has been slowly adopted by many academic institutions, and is one way that they are starting to address this issue. Read on to learn more.
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/report/the-cyber-threat-to-universities
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