Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, today announced its membership in Internet2, a member-based organization that empowers the education and research community with network, cloud and security solutions. The strategic collaboration deepens Rubrik’s engagement with colleges, universities, and research institutions, supporting data backup and cyber recovery to ensure their mission-critical services are available to students, staff, faculty and administrators.
Educational institutions are foundational pillars of communities throughout the U.S., yet they are increasingly vulnerable to malicious cyber activity. A recent analysis reveals that 82% of U.S. educational organizations reported cyber threat impacts. As an Internet2 industry member, Rubrik is joining a network of more than 500 member organizations that share knowledge and research to help protect and recover from cyber attacks.
“Advancing the technical capabilities of the global research and education ecosystem requires deep collaboration and understanding how to navigate cyber security in the age of AI,” said Lou Karu, Area Vice President of State, Local & Education, Rubrik. “With Internet2, we are helping to drive awareness of modern cyber resilience in the age of agentic AI among the world’s leading educational institutions.”
By joining the Internet2 community, Rubrik gains access to a trusted ecosystem of technology providers committed to supporting higher education’s evolving needs – ensuring seamless integration without compromising security, privacy, or compliance. Rubrik’s participation in the Internet2 Cloud Scorecard demonstrates its commitment to aligning with the most relevant community standards for research and education institutions.
“Building institutional resilience for research and higher education requires a robust community of shared expertise,” said Sean O’Brien, Associate Vice President for NET+ Cloud Services, Internet2. “Rubrik joining Internet2 as a member advances important conversations around data security, cyber resilience and recovery.”
For more information on how Rubrik helps accelerate cyber resilience and AI operations in education, visit here.
About Rubrik
Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes. For more information, please visit www.rubrik.com and follow @rubrikInc on X (formerly Twitter) and Rubrik on LinkedIn.
About Internet2
Internet2® is a non-profit, member-driven advanced technology community founded by the nation’s leading higher education institutions in 1996. Internet2 serves 342 U.S. universities, 59 government agencies, 46 regional and state education networks and through them supports more than 80,000 community anchor institutions, over 1,000 InCommon participants, 61 leading corporations working with our community, and 70 national research and education network operators that represent more than 100 countries.
Internet2 delivers a diverse portfolio of technology solutions that leverages, integrates, and amplifies the strengths of its members and helps support their educational, research and community service missions. Internet2’s core infrastructure components include the nation’s largest and fastest research and education network that was built to deliver advanced, customized services that are accessed and secured by the community-developed trust and identity framework.
For more information, visit https://internet2.edu.
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