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How a small cybersecurity team is tackling emerging threats

Alcino Donadel -
Auburn University migrated its growing web of software platforms to free staff to focus on the next phase of cybersecurity.
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Outsmarting AI Fraud: How Higher Ed Can Respond to the Latest Threats

UB Staff -
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 02, 2026 at 2 p.m. ET

In this 30-minute Ed Talk, attendees will learn how to respond to a range of AI-driven fraud scenarios, from scammers posing as students through AI-generated messages that expertly mimic legitimate requests to attacks that exploit legitimate accounts, approved systems, and routine payment and administrative workflows to bypass traditional safeguards. 
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What Canvas learned from a massive cyberattack

Alcino Donadel -
The cyberattack that rocked Canvas last spring offered a stark lesson for higher education: Institutions must move faster on several fronts to stay ahead of emerging threats.
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The Always-On Insight and Networking Platform for Superintendents and Their Teams

AI-driven insights, peer-to-peer collaboration and more — built exclusively for K-12 Superintendents and their leaders.

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The next higher ed cyber crisis will likely start off campus

Alcino Donadel -
Third-party software has become essential to modern university operations, but it has also created new threats. Proper data governance can protect colleges from the next attack.
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What this data exploit reveals about higher education’s cyber security

Alcino Donadel -
Last week's Instructure breach highlighted how third-party vendor vulnerabilities can trigger widespread operational and data security crises.
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How this university reduced data siloes to maximize a chatbot’s potential

Alcino Donadel -
The Texas A&M University's systemwide rollout of a new AI chatbot is addressing infrastructure first to maximize student success.
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The Always-On Insight and Networking Platform for Superintendents and Their Teams

AI-driven insights, peer-to-peer collaboration and more — built exclusively for K-12 Superintendents and their leaders.

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Here’s how a new AI-driven “arms race” has snarled cybersecurity

Alcino Donadel -
As bad actors use AI to scale attacks, universities are fighting fire with fire to stay one step ahead.
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Ransomware data breaches soar in the U.S., affecting K12 and higher ed privacy

Alcino Donadel -
Of the 250 ransomware attacks on K12 and higher education across the globe. more than half occurred in the U.S.
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Why massive data breaches are still surging in higher ed

Alcino Donadel -
Despite universities' cybersecurity advancements, hackers are still succeeding with advanced phishing techniques. Here's how schools can improve their first line of defense.
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The Always-On Insight and Networking Platform for Superintendents and Their Teams

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Do your college applicants know if they can use AI?

Matt Zalaznick -
Two-thirds of the colleges surveyed have no official policy about the use of GenAI in applications essays. Still, many admissions officers are wary of the technology.
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How this community college slashed its IT headaches with AI

Alcino Donadel -
Kentucky Community and Technical College System reduced IT tickets by 99% within 45 days of deploying a new network platform.
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Proactive Defense for Higher Ed: Building Resilience Against Evolving Cyber Threats

Steven Blackburn -
Date & Time: Thursday, September 18th at 2 p.m. ET

In this webinar, learn how to effectively prioritize a multi-faceted cybersecurity strategy against the ever-present dangers in the digital realm to safeguard institutional integrity and protect the privacy of students and faculty—particularly as institutions seek to rapidly innovate using AI and cloud technologies.
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AI’s Impact on Assessment Culture: Driving Exam Innovation and Integrity

UB Staff -
Date & Time: Wednesday, July 16th at 2 p.m. ET

In this 30-minute Ed Talk, an instructional designer and faculty developer from South Plains College in Texas will address how AI is rapidly reshaping how assessments are created and protected in higher ed by sharing how educators can responsibly use AI to help prevent misuse and to enhance assessments without compromising trust or rigor.
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How emerging tech makes it easier to defraud schools out of millions

Alcino Donadel -
These "ghost students," now running rampant in California and infiltrating other states, are deploying new deepfake technology to trick their institutional victims.
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These IT teams are riding an AI breakthrough to unlock student success

Alcino Donadel -
College and university leaders attending Ellucian Live are on the verge of using AI to transform the student digital experience. The biggest challenge: overhauling IT infrastructure.
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The Always-On Insight and Networking Platform for Superintendents and Their Teams

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Fight Fire with Fire: Harness the Power of AI to Defend Against Advancing Threats

UB Staff -
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 6th at 2 p.m. ET

In this webinar, experts in cybersecurity will explore how to harness the power of AI to revolutionize your posture against increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks, including generative AI (GenAI), which enables even more complex and targeted attacks – and a stronger defense. 
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The Connected Campus Experience: Modern University Life and Learning

UB Staff -
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 18th at 2 p.m. ET

In this webinar, participants will learn about the many benefits of leveraging an integrated digital ecosystem campuswide to improve IT initiatives, security, the student experience, campus life, and academic success, while catering to the technological expectations of modern students.
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Cybersecurity for Higher Education in the Age of AI: Activating Your Defender’s Advantage

UB Staff -
Date & Time: Tuesday, December 3 at 2 p.m. ET

In this webinar, experts will discuss the key findings of the 2024 Defender’s Advantage ebook, a detailed framework that can help higher ed institutions make the most of their home-field advantage. Learn practical strategies for implementing AI-powered solutions, strengthening identity and access management, fostering a culture of cybersecurity awareness, and gaining a better understanding of your infrastructure than anyone else.

***Attendees will be able to safely download “the Defender's Advantage” ebook.
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With the campus community tied to tech, here are IT’s new priorities

Alcino Donadel -
The revolution of e-commerce and other user-centric digital platforms has set the standard for customer experience. Here's how one large research university is trying to keep up.
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“Too good to be true:” How one IT team unlocked millions with this simple trick

Alcino Donadel -
Leaders at DeSales University netted a cool $2.5 million, optimized their IT infrastructure and improved their cybersecurity in one fell swoop. Here's how small private universities can do the same.
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CIOs struggle to streamline personalized communications, hurting enrollment targets

Alcino Donadel -
85% of CIOs concerned with declining figures believe providing students with a top-notch digital experience is key to turning things around, according to a new trends report by Ocelot.
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The Always-On Insight and Networking Platform for Superintendents and Their Teams

AI-driven insights, peer-to-peer collaboration and more — built exclusively for K-12 Superintendents and their leaders.

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What can institutions do about the rise of ‘ghost students’?

Alcino Donadel -
In July 2021, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office discovered that about 20% of the state's college applications were scams.
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Right-Sizing and Democratizing Access: Strategic No-Code Tool Selection and Deployment in Higher Education

UB Staff -
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 1st at 2 pm ET

This session will share insights from the University of Connecticut's experience in choosing tools that meet wide-ranging departmental needs while promoting an open-access policy to spur innovation and lessen the demand on support services. We'll dive into three critical strategies for a successful rollout: effective sizing, broadening access, and ensuring these efforts complement central IT’s objectives.  
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The New Role of AI in Higher Ed Cybersecurity

UB Staff -
Date & Time: Thursday, May 2nd at 2 pm ET

Attend this UB webinar with two experts who have decades of experience as cyberthreat experts at the U.S. Cyber Command, FBI, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army Reserve, and the Department of Defense to learn more about the evolving threat landscape targeting higher ed, how AI will change cybersecurity, and the importance of developing AI-specific policies and protocols at institutions today to prepare for the future.
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3 Strategies to Protect Your Business Office Against Fraud

UB Staff -
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 30th at 2 pm ET

In this 20-minute UB Ed Talk, a financial fraud and security expert will outline three actionable strategies business offices should implement now to bolster their fraud prevention efforts.  
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In just 3 months, this data breach has compromised nearly 900 institutions

Alcino Donadel -
Across all sectors, TechTarget reports that the MOVEit data breach covers over 2,000 organizations and 62,000,000 individuals.
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How much does a data breach hurt a college or university’s wallet?

Alcino Donadel -
IBM's "The Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023" comes at the heels of a massive compromise at the Colorado Department of Higher Education.
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The Always-On Insight and Networking Platform for Superintendents and Their Teams

AI-driven insights, peer-to-peer collaboration and more — built exclusively for K-12 Superintendents and their leaders.

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How one flaw exposed the data of countless students and educators

Alcino Donadel -
At least 33 data breaches have been disclosed so far, affecting more than 17.5 million people 200 organizations, many of them colleges, universities and related organizations.
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Education security officials ‘unprepared to cope’ should a cyberattack occur, report

Alcino Donadel -
As Tennessee and Georgia reel from their latest cybersecurity incidents, a new report surveying chief information security officers in education is sounding the alarm.
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Here are 4 ways AI is already impacting higher education

Alcino Donadel -
As the implementations of AI continue to stun university officials, here are some of the most prominent facets of higher education being both positively and negatively affected by the game-changing technology.
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Leading Digital Transformation: Success Strategies from Higher Ed CIOs

University Business -
Wednesday, May 10 at 2 pm ET

Attend this webinar to learn from a panel discussion with three CIO leaders as they share their experiences and lessons learned, and outline key strategies, insights and best practices for any institution pursuing digital transformation.
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Cybersecurity Roundtable: Defending Against the New Threats in Higher Ed

University Business -
Thursday, April 27 at 2 pm ET

Attend this webinar with higher education cybersecurity experts from Mandiant and Google Cloud—who are also former FBI cybersecurity special agents—as well as the CISO from Florida International University to learn more about the newest threats facing colleges and universities, and how to develop and maintain an effective security strategy for your institution.
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This South Dakota university is cybersecurity’s next powerhouse

Alcino Donadel -
Dakota State University's recent partnership with the NSA and a $90 million funding boost aims to upgrade the school's longstanding tradition of placing graduates in cybersecurity jobs to forge South Dakota as the next "cyber state" defending national security.
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International security and student safety: Why schools are banning TikTok

Micah Ward -
From "devious licks" to vandalizing school property, more districts are becoming aware of the dangerous TikTok trends that students can't get enough of. Then there's the fact that it can cause massive cybersecurity issues.
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No improvements: Schools were hit steadily with ransomware attacks in 2022

Micah Ward -
"The fact that there seems not to have been any decrease in the number of incidents is concerning," according to a new report from antivirus software company Emsisoft.
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