Reduced Attack Surfaces

Quite a term: ... Attack Surfaces ... so government .... but a real issue now.   A former connection, 'Recorded Future' does a good job of talking it in the article pointed to below:

Reducing the Remote Education Attack Surface With Security Intelligence
JULY 1, 2020 • THE RECORDED FUTURE TEAM

This year, stay-at-home mandates issued by U.S. states and countries across the world for K-12 schools and higher-ed institutions created major challenges for educators, students, and families. Moving the entire education process online also opened a Pandora’s Box for security teams at education institutions.

This shift dramatically expands the attack surface for threat actors to go after — with ed-tech platforms, e-learning environments, video conferencing, email accounts, and websites managed by schools all presenting appealing targets. The amount of time students, teachers, and administrators spend connected to these environments will continue to be high in the coming months.  ... "