College technology leaders broadly feel positive about internal cybersecurity training, but experts warn that students remain a major vulnerability in higher education security posture. Reporting highlights a gap between institutional efforts to train employees and the comparatively limited or inconsistent readiness programs directed at students—despite students’ central role in day-to-day systems use. The coverage frames the issue as risk to institutions and students, emphasizing exposure from phishing, credential misuse, and insecure device behaviors. It suggests that effective cybersecurity risk management in higher education must extend beyond staff-only training and incorporate student onboarding, clear expectations, and practical protective behaviors. For administrators and IT governance teams, the immediate implication is that cybersecurity programs need measurement and coverage that includes student populations—especially as AI tools and agentic workflows expand how users interact with institutional data and accounts.