Protect Students, Faculty & Alumni from Email Impersonation
Universities and school districts manage vast email ecosystems — student notifications, financial aid, admissions, alumni outreach, and research communications. SimpleDMARC prevents attackers from spoofing your .edu domain to steal tuition payments and personal data.
Education Is One of the Most-Targeted Sectors
80% — Of universities experienced email-based attacks in 2024
47% — Of education cyberattacks start with a phishing email
Why .edu Domains Need DMARC Enforcement
Educational institutions are uniquely vulnerable. Thousands of students, faculty, and alumni trust emails from financial-aid@university.edu, registrar@university.edu, and giving@university.edu. Attackers exploit this trust to steal tuition payments, redirect financial aid, and harvest W-2 data from staff.
The challenge: universities have enormous email ecosystems with dozens of sending sources — LMS platforms, SIS systems, alumni CRM, campus safety alerts, and department-specific services. SimpleDMARC discovers and organizes every sending source.
How SimpleDMARC Protects Educational Institutions
Built for the unique challenges of academic environments — multiple departments, legacy systems, and thousands of users.
Multi-Department Visibility
Map email senders across admissions, financial aid, IT, athletics, alumni relations, and every department sending on your behalf.
Phishing Prevention
Stop attackers from impersonating your institution to send fake financial aid offers, tuition invoices, or credential harvesting emails.
FERPA & Compliance
Demonstrate proactive email security measures aligned with FERPA data protection requirements and state privacy laws.
Threat Intelligence
Get real-time alerts when someone attempts to spoof your domain. Identify attack patterns targeting your students and staff.
Attacks DMARC Prevents in Education
Financial Aid Scams
Fraudulent emails impersonating your financial aid office to trick students into sharing bank details or paying fake fees.
Credential Harvesting
Fake login pages sent from spoofed .edu domains to steal student and faculty credentials for account takeover.
W-2 / Tax Fraud
Emails impersonating HR or payroll departments requesting employee tax documents — a common attack during tax season.
Research IP Theft
Targeted attacks against research departments to steal intellectual property, grant proposals, and sensitive research data.
Meet FERPA and Higher Ed Security Standards
FERPA requires institutions to protect student education records, including data transmitted via email. The EDUCAUSE/REN-ISAC framework recommends DMARC as a baseline email security control. Many state education departments now mandate DMARC for K-12 districts.
SimpleDMARC provides FERPA-aligned email protection for student data, multi-domain support for colleges and sub-domains, no student PII processed (metadata only), and easy deployment for IT teams managing hundreds of .edu subdomains.
SimpleDMARC Impact for Education
Protect students, faculty, and donors from email impersonation — across every .edu domain in your institution.