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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 Security Insights You Need to Know from Microsoft Ignite 2025

Microsoft Ignite 2025 delivered big news for security professionals. The theme this year is clear: Microsoft is giving customers more capability inside the tools they already own, focused on AI agents and integrations. Whether you are a small IT team, a mid-market group, or a global enterprise, these updates can transform your security posture.

Continuous workforce identity assurance: Our key focus at the Gartner IAM Summit

Security leaders are rethinking how they establish and maintain identity assurance across the employee life cycle as workforce fraud and AI-driven impersonation accelerate. And as threats increase, confidence is dropping. At a recent CISO event, more than 85% of security leaders told us they’re only somewhat confident or not confident at all in their ability to handle GenAI-enabled fraud.

SPARK 2025: Confirmo CEO Anna Strebl on Scaling B2B Stablecoin Payments with Fireblocks

SPARK 2025 | Customer Success Story Discover how Confirmo, a leading B2B stablecoin payment platform, leveraged Fireblocks' infrastructure to scale operations and automate critical processes. In this customer testimonial from SPARK 2025, Anna Strebl, CEO of Confirmo, shares how partnering with Fireblocks for over three years transformed their crypto payment processing operations. Learn how Fireblocks' wallet orchestration, security infrastructure, and automation capabilities helped Confirmo grow from a Bitcoin-focused processor to a stablecoin-first payments platform. Key Topics Covered.

Turn AI ambition into secure operations

If you attended AWS re:Invent last year, it probably felt like there was an AI solution for everything. Models, copilots, agents; by the end, someone had to pitch an AI solution to summarize all of the other AI solutions. This year, it may still feel like the AI announcements multiply faster than the models themselves. Under all of the hype, one message still resonates: AI innovation only works when it’s built on a secure foundation.