The challenge
Educational institutions face a paradox: they must be open and accessible by mission, yet secure by necessity. Research data — particularly in defence, health, and engineering — is increasingly targeted by nation-state actors. Campuses are sprawling environments with thousands of personal devices, shared workstations, legacy departmental IT, and a constant churn of students and staff. FERPA compliance for student records adds regulatory weight. Most universities have decentralised IT that makes consistent security controls nearly impossible.
Top risks
- ! Research data exfiltration by nation-state threat actors
- ! Ransomware targeting administrative systems and student records
- ! FERPA non-compliance through misconfigured student information systems
- ! Unmanaged personal devices on campus networks
- ! Decentralised IT creating blind spots in security coverage
Our approach
Cynteri brings centralised security to decentralised environments. We deploy network access control (NAC) for campus wireless, EDR across institutional endpoints, and DNS filtering that follows students wherever they connect. Research environments are segmented with dedicated controls for CUI and export-controlled data. Our SOC monitors the full campus footprint, and we provide incident response retainers scoped for the academic calendar and research grant cycles.
Key services for Education
Campus-wide EDR, DNS filtering, NAC, and 24/7 SOC monitoring covering administrative, academic, and research environments.
Campus network segmentation, research environment isolation, guest network security, and wireless infrastructure hardening.
MFA/SSO deployment, identity lifecycle for students and staff, privileged access management for administrative systems.
FERPA compliance controls, research data governance policy, continuous evidence collection for audit readiness.
Tell us what needs protection.
Thirty minutes. No slide deck.
You will talk to a senior engineer on the team that would actually defend your stack — not a sales development rep.
- No NDA required for the first call
- We will send a written summary within 24h
- If we are not a fit, we will tell you who is