Cybersecurity on Ukrainian Higher Education: Threats and protection measures
Serhii Zybin, Oleg Bondarchuk, Олександр Вікторович Пірог, Olha Suprun, Svitlana Kyshakevych · EDUWEB · 2025
The purpose of the study is to analyse the impact of cybersecurity on higher education in Ukraine, identify key threats and formulate key recommendations for improving the security of educational institutions. For this purpose, a cross-sectional survey study has been chosen. A purposive sample has been used to include participants. 79 questionnaires have been received; five have been rejected, and three more have refused to consent to data processing. The study involved 71 people, including 15 administrative staff (IT departments, managers), 30 teachers, and 26 students. The primary tool in the study has been a cross-sectional questionnaire survey conducted in the same period for all participants from 11/20/2024 - 12/20/2024. The results indicate that the main cybersecurity threats in Ukrainian educational institutions are viruses and malware (39,4%), hacking of university platform accounts (26,8%), phishing attacks (14,1%), and personal data leakage (12,7%). The results also have showed that 49,3% of respondents are moderately aware of cybersecurity measures at the university, while 28,2% are poorly aware. The conclusions summarise that to ensure cybersecurity further, it is necessary to expand multi-level protection systems, control the use of the Internet, and conduct additional training for students and teachers in cybersecurity.