What’s inside

This guide examines how the ShinyHunters breach exposed the structural identity weaknesses most campuses still rely on, and lays out a clear path to passkey-based student identity security that can hold up against modern threats.

• How the recent Instructure breach by ShinyHunters bypassed local controls

• An analysis of why knowledge-based verification fails modern campuses

• The hidden dangers of centralized data honeypots in higher education

• A smart blueprint for securing student identities using FIDO passkeys