Securing the Future of Education: A CISO Fireside Chat with St. Petersburg College

Attackers are using AI to launch highly targeted, edu-themed attacks that blend seamlessly into campus life—from fake financial aid notices and ghost-student applications to phony tech support emails and account takeover attempts. For higher education security leaders already juggling conservative budgets, small teams, and mission-critical student data, these threats turn every inbox into a potential entry point.

In this fireside chat, Abnormal AI’s Field CISO Patty Titus sits down with Saint Petersburg College CISO Jimmy Hester to unpack how behavioral AI and automation help colleges protect students, faculty, and staff while giving overextended security teams room to breathe.

Watch the on-demand webinar to learn:

• Why higher education is uniquely vulnerable due to long-term PII, open admissions, and rising “ghost student” fraud
• How AI enables automated, highly targeted spear phishing and trusted-service abuse across .edu environments
• How behavioral AI and automation reduce false positives and cut manual phishing triage from hours to seconds
• Practical steps for closing skills gaps and reducing burnout through automation, campus engagement, and peer collaboration

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