Cyber Attacks on School Networks Showcase Ongoing Need for Affordable Cybersecurity, Such as Virtual CISO Solution Offered by SideChannel Inc. (SDCH) – InvestorBrandNetwork (IBN) Content Platform

Small to medium-sized businesses (“SMBs”) face potentially prohibitive costs when it comes to hiring full-time cybersecurity experts
Despite the costs concern, the need is growing, as malicious computer experts often turn to SMBs and organizations as easy prey because of the smaller companies’ lack of experience, budget, and infrastructure necessary to ward off computer network invasions
A San Diego school district recently reported its employees’ personal data was compromised in a cyberattack, and a Los Angeles school district reported it received a ransom demand after its computer files were seized in September and then published on the dark web
SideChannel Inc. is helping SMBs to bridge the cybersecurity cost divide by offering virtual chief information security officers (“vCISOs”) as a contracted service that is more affordable than an in-house employee

When the San Diego Unified School District acknowledged recently that the personal information of many current and former employees was taken by unknown actors in a cybersecurity incident, it established that potentially malicious individuals have turned to public school systems in the latest reports of computer breaches.

NBC affiliate KNSD reported that prior to the incident in San Diego, a number of cybersecurity incidents involving schools and health care systems had been reported in California, including an attack on The Los Angeles Unified School District in September that locked up the district’s files and demanded a…