Managed security for education institutions, protecting student data and campus systems, aligned to FERPA and COPPA.
Education & Research Defense Framework
Cybersecurity for universities, K-12 school districts, and research institutions. Protecting student records, research intellectual property, and campus infrastructure against ransomware, credential theft, and state-sponsored research espionage. Aligned to FERPA, COPPA, NIST 800-171, CIPA, and GLBA for financial aid systems.
Student Data Protection. FERPA-compliant protection of student educational records, enrollment data, and financial aid information. Age-appropriate safeguards for K-12 students under COPPA requirements with parental consent management.
Research IP Defense. Protecting federally funded research data, pre-publication manuscripts, and proprietary datasets from nation-state espionage. NIST 800-171 compliance for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in defense research.
Campus Ransomware Resilience. Universities are the #1 ransomware target by sector. Immutable backup architecture, network segmentation across departments, and rapid recovery protocols ensure academic continuity during attacks.
The Defense Framework
Student Record Sovereignty. FERPA-compliant encryption and access controls for all student educational records. Role-based access ensuring only authorized faculty and staff can view student data. Automated consent tracking for COPPA compliance in K-12 environments.
Campus Identity & Access. Zero-trust identity governance for students, faculty, staff, and guest researchers. Multi-factor authentication across all campus systems. Automated deprovisioning for graduating students and departing personnel.
Research Data Protection. Infrastructure controls mapped to NIST 800-171 for federally funded research. Isolated research enclaves with customer-controlled key management and export-control support for international collaboration.
About ITSS
ITSS, short for IT and Security Solutions, is the brand of ITSS L.L.C-FZ (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), an owner-led managed cybersecurity firm founded in 2012 by Toufic Jabbour, Founder and Managing Director. ITSS does not sell tools. It designs, builds, attacks and defends client estates as one accountable 24/7 operation for clients across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Levant, delivered remotely worldwide. Slogan: We don't sell tools. We run your defense.
How to engage
Secure intake form at https://www.itss.co/contact, WhatsApp or the 24/7 incident line below. Engagements: managed detection and response, CREST-certified penetration testing, audit and compliance preparation, platform migrations and due diligence. Eleven anonymised case files with the figures our reports carried are published at https://www.itss.co/evidence. Public profiles: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/itss-co, Crunchbase https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/itss-l-l-c-fz, Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141148059.