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Many companies assume cybersecurity threats are coming from somewhere far away. The reality is that some of the most serious risks are already inside your organization. Employees, contractors, vendors, partners, and... Continue Reading

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. On a college or university campus it is also the month when posters go up and the real work still sits in the ticket queue. Myths are comfortable. They let leadership... Continue Reading

The strongest football teams don't only train for kickoff. They prepare for the moment everything changes. A sudden ejection, injury, blown assignment or disputed call can shift the entire game in an instant. The... Continue Reading

AI can start a campus preparedness plan in an afternoon. It cannot restore SIS, speak for the registrar, or keep FERPA data out of a prompt you should not have pasted. National Preparedness Month is a good time to... Continue Reading

When you're running a business, it's easy to stay focused on the day-to-day. Between serving customers, managing employees, and keeping operations moving, proactive planning for a disruption often gets... Continue Reading

Your community college just landed a federal grant — and buried in the award terms is a clause requiring NIST SP 800-171 compliance before the contract can be executed. For CCCS institutions and two-year... Continue Reading

Campus IT teams do not usually lose the semester because they lack a platform. They lose it because September trains everyone to live in the queue. The next console promises a shortcut. The shortcut is almost never... Continue Reading

Business interruptions rarely announce themselves ahead of time. One day, the internet is down and your team can't reach customer records. The next, a critical employee is unexpectedly out, and no one else knows how... Continue Reading

Your institution's FERPA audit is next quarter — and your IT team doesn't have a complete list of every cloud app storing student records right now. This playbook gives community college IT teams a concrete... Continue Reading