IBM to Grant $5 Million in-kind for Public Schools Globally to Better Prepare for Growing Ransomware Threat
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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The grants will focus on the need to establish programs that help address cybersecurity resiliency in schools, including against ransomware.
Key Points:
- The grants will focus on the need to establish programs that help address cybersecurity resiliency in schools, including against ransomware.
- ARMONK, N.Y., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM today announced it will provide in-kind grants valued at $5 million to help address cybersecurity resiliency in schools worldwide.
- As part of each grant, sponsor teams of IBMers will help schools proactively prepare for and respond to cyberattacks.
- In 2021, in the U.S. alone over 1,000 schools across the country suffered from a ransomware attack, according to Emsisoft research .