The Indian EdTech Cascade
As India raced full throttle towards digital transformation across the country, the EdTech industry faced a rapidly escalating cascade of events:
The Rising Threat
While Diksha is a government initiative and can hence bounce back from such a debilitating incident, private EdTech institutions and companies across the country perhaps don’t have the same luxury. The truth is, heightened exposure in education to hybrid learning models, connected campuses and widespread usage of personal devices, combined with limited budgets & a lack of dedicated cybersecurity teams have left many schools & universities vulnerable. Here are some indications of the rising level of risk coming their way:
- Increasing Volume: Education and research organizations in India face an average of 8,487 cyberattacks per week. That is nearly double the global per-organization average of 4,368 attacks per week.
- Increased Complexity: While common malware threats include Remote Access Trojans, botnets and credential-stealing malware, what is changing the scenario for attackers in recent times is the advent of malicious AI. In July 2025, CPR recorded 18,000 new education-related domains, with one in every 57 flagged as malicious. Many of these were AI-generated to mimic exam portals or fee payment systems.
- Increased Impact: Ransomware incidents have disrupted exams, delayed assessments and, in some cases, forced institutions to go offline for weeks. According to a 2023 Sophos Report, median ransomware payments reached $6.6 million for lower education and $4.4 million for higher education institutions. An extreme case saw 157-year old, Illinois-based Lincoln College permanently close following a ransomware attack.
Balancing Security with Scalability
For an EdTech-based institution or organization to truly thrive in today’s complex environment, their digital infrastructure must have the perfect balance of security and scalability.
These cannot be mutually exclusive:
- Without security, growth is hindered through breaches, compliance failures and user distrust.
- Without scalability, security mechanisms themselves buckle under the load of too many users and too much data.
Together, as mutually inclusive levers, they form the foundation of a resilient EdTech ecosystem – secure enough to build trust, scalable enough to deliver equitable access at a national scale:
iValue’s Best-in-Class Digital Stack For EdTech Enterprises
India’s EdTech providers operate in one of the most complex environments in the world: massive user bases, diverse devices & languages, stringent new data protection regulations and relentless cyber threats. iValue’s digital stack is purpose-built to help them thrive under these conditions.
What sets our stack apart is its ability to integrate best-in-breed OEM solutions into a single, cohesive architecture custom-built for your organization – ensuring that you don’t have to choose between speed, scale or security. Our ideal OEM mix for EdTech enterprises has several industry-leading services that come together to form the perfect balance:
A Stack That Turns Security & Scalability Into A Competitive Advantage
Every layer of the iValue stack simultaneously addresses a scalability demand and a security need, working to unison to help you meet your organizational objectives:
