Experts warned that higher education’s cybersecurity training efforts may overlook a critical risk: students. The reporting highlights how campus technology leaders may feel prepared for employee training, while student behaviors and awareness practices remain uneven. For universities, the issue directly affects incident prevention, phishing resilience, and protection of student data—especially as institutions expand AI tools, online services, and hybrid learning platforms. The gap also has compliance implications because student-facing security practices frequently determine whether institutional policies are actually followed. The development matters to higher education professionals managing enterprise risk because it points to a training and culture problem rather than a technology-only fix—raising the stakes for policy design, onboarding, and enforcement.