Security News > 2020 > December > Malwarebytes: Schools still struggling with connectivity and using last year's antivirus software
Teachers are filling in as tech support, connectivity is a problem for 76% of teachers and students, and IT teams report a sustained, excess workload, according to a new survey from Malwarebytes.
The new report, "How education coped in the shift to distance learning," found that IT decision makers and students are struggling with the basics as remote education becomes the norm.
Half of the IT teams surveyed have not rolled out any new policies, procedures, or antivirus software.
Among IT decision makers, the survey found that:.83% said they are using the same antivirus software as before the pandemic.
Seventy-one percent of IT decision makers said they deployed new software tools to support distance learning and 59% said they deployed new devices.