Higher Education

Cybersecurity That Supports Academic Freedom

Universities face ransomware threats, open networks, and privacy regulations like FERPA. Superna delivers zero trust data protection and resilient recovery to safeguard research, student records, and learning continuity.

The Rising Cost of Cyberattacks

of higher education institutions targeted by ransomware in the past year
of student data resides in unstructured formats
average total cost of a data breach in education
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Campuses are a high-value target with decentralized IT and limited security budgets. Superna helps academic institutions detect early threats, isolate infections, and validate fast recovery of student data and research environments.

Designed for Research Institutions and Privacy Requirements

Zero Trust for Campus IT

Control lateral movement and access with role-based segmentation across students, faculty, and research groups.

Snapshot Recovery Aligned to FERPA

Rollback to clean backups that protect student data privacy and instructional continuity.

Automated Threat Containment

Quarantine infected file systems and limit spread without downtime or disruption.

Cloud & Multi-Tenant Support

Serve different departments or campuses with delegated policy and DR workflows.

Audit-Ready Reporting for Education Regulations

Generate evidence for FERPA and other academic policy audits with click-to-produce reports.

ServiceNow Integration for Academic IT Teams

Escalate storage-level threats to IT response platforms already in use across higher ed.

Data Privacy Protection for Academic Environments

Superna supports compliance with:

  • FERPA
  • HIPAA (for academic medical)
  • GDPR (for international research)
  • Internal IT governance standards

Click-to-generate audit reports, snapshot validation tools, and ServiceNow policy integrations support higher education privacy and recovery requirements.

Recognized in the Education and Tech Community

Proud member of:

EDUCAUSE
Internet2
Cloud Security Alliance

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See Superna in Action for Universities

Superna helps higher education institutions protect academic freedom, recover from ransomware, and meet data privacy requirements across a distributed campus environment.

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