Education sector
We've curated 65 cybersecurity statistics about the Education sector to help you understand how threats like phishing and ransomware are impacting schools and universities, as well as the technologies being implemented to safeguard student data in 2025.
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There was a 295% increase on November 8, 2025, in domains containing the term 'roblox'.
Malicious gaming-related domains rose by 462% on September 22, 2025, compared to the previous 12-month average.
In school networks, traffic to proxy and filter avoidance categories increased by 83% on November 9, 2025, compared to the previous 12-month average.
In October 2025, the education industry ranked third highest in proxy/filter-avoidance requests.
66% of education leaders are aware of privacy concerns as an AI cybersecurity risk.
Awareness of potential AI-related cybersecurity risks is reassuringly high (83%) among education leaders.
74% of education institutions allow AI tools with guidelines for faculty and staff.
36% of education institutions responded 'Not that I know of' when asked about AI-generated phishing attempts or misinformation campaigns.
10% of education institutions discourage but do not ban AI tools for students.
73% of education institutions allow AI tools with guidelines for students.
60% of students use AI for brainstorming.
49% of students use AI for language assistance.
36% of faculty express substantial worry about financial damage related to AI.
82% of education institutions said they feel at least “somewhat prepared” to handle AI-related cybersecurity threats.
90% of faculty are at least “somewhat concerned” about AI-related cybersecurity threats.
86% of education institutions permit students to use AI tools.
62% of students use AI for research.
Only 2% of education institutions have banned AI tools outright for students.
27% of students use AI for completing assignments.
2% of education institutions ban AI tools entirely for students.