Matt Powers, Information Systems Director at Harding Academy, likens their school to a midsize business with 515 students and over 100 faculty, emphasizing the importance of cybersecurity. The primary threat is social engineering, with foreign states attempting to extract information or wealth. Lumu aids in detecting and educating users about these threats.
Lumu acts as a crucial layer in the cybersecurity stack, integrating seamlessly with existing tools like Cisco Umbrella. It quickly identifies and blocks threats that bypass other defenses, operating efficiently through cloud-to-cloud connections. This ensures minimal network traffic and swift threat mitigation, enhancing overall security.
Takeaways
- Lumu serves as the final layer in a ‘Swiss cheese’ security stack, catching threats that slip through firewalls, antivirus, and web filters.
- Most modern cyber threats at the academy involve social engineering, tricking users into clicking malicious links rather than direct technical hacking.
- The platform identifies specific end-users engaging in risky online behavior, allowing the IT team to provide targeted cybersecurity education.
- Lumu automatically integrates with Cisco Umbrella via APIs, updating global block lists in as little as 23 milliseconds.
- The setup process is described as a “breeze” due to its cloud-to-cloud nature, which avoids adding any additional traffic to the local network.
