Security News > 2020 > August > University CISOs say zero trust is the best defense against the existential threat of phishing
CISOs at Stanford University, the University of Chicago Medicine, and The Ohio State University list phishing as the top security threat to students, professors, and researchers.
The group also agreed zero trust is the best security approach but a hard sell in an academic setting.
Phishing is a top concern as well as how to educate students about security best practices on platforms that are new to them.
The security team at Stanford University also runs phishing campaigns among university employees twice a month, Michael Duff, the CISO and chief privacy officer Stanford University, said during the webinar.
In addition to moving to digital certificates for authentication, Stanford's information security team is also testing out a zero trust model of security.