The maxim “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of treatment” best describes the main objective of the security business as a whole. This has never been more evidently shown than in the current wave of cyberattacks against educational institutions, school systems, and colleges as the epidemic has expedited a move to distance learning. However, this is not a brand-new or “unprecedented” problem like the pandemic. In 2018, Forbes claimed that the infrastructure of American education was seriously at risk due to a lack of financing and cybersecurity competence.