3 takeaways from the 2025 EDUCAUSE annual conference

This year's EDUCAUSE brought together leaders from IT, security, enrollment, and student services. The theme, “Restoring Trust,” reflects the challenges that higher education institutions and professionals are facing. Fraudsters are using new tools and techniques to target faculty and students. Whether they’re trying to gain access to sensitive information or steal student aid, the potential danger is real.

Top CISO Priorities and Global Digital Trust with Morgan Adamski

Welcome to Data Security Decoded. Join host Caleb Tolin in conversation with Morgan Adamski who leads Cyber, Data, and Tech Risk at PwC and is a former US national security leader who spent 16 years tracking nation-state threats inside the US government. Coming out of a career spent inside secure facilities without windows or phones and working to address China’s prepositioning in US critical infrastructure, Morgan shares a direct view of how geopolitics is now shaping cyber risk decisions in boardrooms.

AI Meets Kubernetes Security: Tigera CEO Reveals What Comes Next for Platform Teams

Platform teams are tasked with keeping clusters secure and observable while navigating a skills gap. At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, The New Stack spoke with Ratan Tipirneni, President and CEO of Tigera, about the future of Kubernetes security, AI-driven operations, and emerging trends in enterprise networking. The highlights from that discussion are summarized below.

The next five minutes of compliance: building identity-first data security across Asia-Pacific & Japan

I’ve been meeting with customers across APAC, and a clear pattern is emerging: privacy laws are tightening, timelines are shrinking, and boards are asking tougher questions. The takeaway is simple: progress isn’t optional. Here’s the headline: Netwrix is leaning into Asia-Pacific with identity‑first data security so organizations can meet the letter of the law and actually reduce risk in the real world. Our philosophy is simple: data security that starts with identity.

Best Patch Management Software & Tools 2026

In our hyperconnected landscape, software vulnerabilities are proliferating at a record pace. In 2024 alone, more than 40,000 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) were published, marking a 38% increase over the previous year. Many of these vulnerabilities are weaponized within days, leaving organizations exposed if updates are not applied immediately. Patch management software addresses this risk by automating the detection, acquisition, and deployment of software updates across an IT environment.

TLS certificate management in 2026: The endless game of Whack-A-Cert

As 2025 races to a close, you’ll see several predictions about AI agents, quantum computing, and other frontier innovations. Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited about solving these challenges, too. But there’s a quieter, less flashy countdown underway, one that will determine whether organizations can even reach the cutting edge. TLS certificates—the machine identities used to prove machines are who they say they are—will begin expiring twice as fast in March 2026.