IT Security in Primary Schools is the Main Concern of Most Education Providers

DUBLIN, Ireland --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 22, 2006 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42552) has announced the addition of Balancing an Open Culture with IT Security in the Education Market (Market Focus) to their offering.

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IT security is ultimately dependant on the behavior of users. Education faces a particular challenge from the nature of its users and has distinctive IT needs as a result.

Scope of this title:

-- Security is the primary IT concern of most education providers.

-- HEIs will focus on securing data while primary and secondary schools focus on filtering managed and shared services offer opportunities in decentralized schools balancing freedom with security while enabling new services will drive growth in HEIs

Highlights of this title:

-- Educational institutions face the same challenges that other enterprises are confronting. However in addition to the immature and muddled character of their existing security technology, these organizations also face very different challenges to most commercial organizations.

Reasons to order your copy:

-- Understand how different levels of education will respond to IT security challenges

-- Discover the vital differences between nation education systems

-- Learn which problems and priories are driving security uptake

Topics Covered
OUR VIEW
CATALYST
SUMMARY
METHODOLOGY
ANALYS
IS
Security is the primary IT concern of most education providers
In a recent survey European universities put security ahead of all 
other concerns
The Technology Trends survey showed security as the most mentioned 
investment priority
New functionality and compliance will drive security uptake
Regulations designed to protect students necessitate controlling web
access
Both regulation and public scandal have forced institutions to take 
securing student data more seriously
Malicious threats can come from without and within an HEIs
The need to provide services outside the firewall creates new security
headaches
HEIs in particular need help to cope with a heterogeneous environment
The need to maintain relative freedom in HEIs creates opportunities 
for vendors
Ignorance and tight budgets will continue to restrain security 
spending
Overall IT budgets remain stubbornly low and necessitate cost 
efficient solutions
A fragmented structure limits the demand for enterprise systems
A lack of well-informed staff in schools or departments makes 
purchasing the most apt solutions difficult
HEIs will focus on securing data while primary and secondary schools 
focus on filtering
The contrast in attitudes to access between levels of education is 
massive
The activities of academic staff also generate very different security
problems
The scale of back office activities differs both by level of education
and geography
Managed and shared services offer opportunities in decentralized 
schools
Decentralization of decision making has been a trend in primary and 
secondary around the globe
Large school groups will be the key target for secure content 
management within this segment
Managed and shared services present a way for individual schools to 
access enterprise security features
Balancing freedom with security while enabling new services will drive
growth in HEIs
Wireless LAN continues to generate security concerns
Demand for remote access for staff and students will help to stimulate
investment
Need for free access should stimulate investment in more sophisticated
solutions
APPENDIX
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CRLF]Extended methodology
Further reading
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List of Figures
Figure 1: IT solution priorities of European universities
Figure 2: Top ten solution investment areas for education in the next 
6 months
Figure 3: The sliding scale of priorities in different educational 
environments
Figure 4: Consequences of different student controls for security
Figure 5: Consequences of different academic objectives
Figure 6: Consequences of the difference in scale between different 
types of educational institution
Figure 7: Percentage of decisions about purchasing resources taken at 
school and government level

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Source: Datamonitor