Learn how Rublon MFA can help safeguard research data in educational institutions by securing access with state-of-the-art multi-factor authentication.
Scenario
Educational institutions, particularly universities and research centers, handle vast amounts of sensitive research data. This data often includes proprietary research, unpublished findings, intellectual property, and confidential information that can be highly valuable. Protecting this data is crucial to maintaining academic integrity, protecting intellectual property, and ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards.
Challenge
Research data is a prime target for cybercriminals and other malicious actors due to its potential value and sensitivity. The challenge lies in securing access to this data across various platforms and environments, including cloud storage, on-premises servers, and collaborative research tools. With multiple stakeholders involved, such as researchers, students, faculty, and external collaborators, ensuring that only authorized individuals can access this data becomes increasingly complex. The decentralized nature of many educational institutions adds another layer of difficulty in maintaining consistent security practices.
Solution
Implement Rublon MFA to secure access to all systems and platforms that store or process sensitive research data. Rublon MFA provides a robust, multi-factor authentication solution that ensures only verified individuals can access critical research information. By requiring multiple forms of authentication, such as passwords combined with biometric verification, push notifications, or FIDO security keys and passkeys, Rublon helps protect sensitive data from unauthorized access, whether stored locally or in the cloud.
Benefits
Rublon MFA significantly enhances the security of sensitive research data by ensuring that access is strictly controlled and monitored.
By applying multi-factor authentication across all access points, Rublon reduces the risk of unauthorized users gaining entry to research databases, collaborative platforms, and data storage systems. This is particularly important in safeguarding proprietary research, preventing data breaches, and maintaining the confidentiality of unpublished findings.
In addition, the centralized management capabilities of Rublon MFA allow educational institutions to enforce consistent security policies across all departments and research teams, regardless of the diversity of systems and platforms in use. This helps to mitigate the risks associated with decentralized access management and ensures that all research data is protected to the same high standard.
Rublon MFA also supports compliance with legal and ethical standards governing research practices. Educational institutions can demonstrate that they have implemented appropriate security measures to protect sensitive information, thereby reducing the risk of legal liabilities and reputational damage.
Finally, Rublon MFA can simultaneously protect research data, as well as student data and remote learning systems, providing a centralized means of safeguarding all access points in the educational institution.
