Research, Surveys & Forecasts


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Educause Horizon Report: Sustainability Pressures Lead to Increased Cybersecurity Risks

Educause recently released the 2024 Cybersecurity and Privacy Edition of its Horizon Report series, forecasting key trends, technologies, and practices shaping the future of cybersecurity and privacy in higher education.

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Report: Generative AI Taking Over SD-WAN Management

In a few years, nearly three quarters of network operators will use generative AI for SD-WAN management, according to a new report from research firm Gartner.

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New Research Confirms AI Can Exploit Image-Based CAPTCHAs, Alternatives Needed

Advanced AI can defeat CAPTCHAs designed to prove web actions are being performed by humans instead of machines, new research indicates.

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Are Organizations Moving from Cloud to On-Premises? AWS Says Yes; Gartner Says It's Not Widespread

Is there a widespread backlash to cloud computing that sees organizations moving their IT operations back to on-premises data centers? The longstanding debate over that very question was rekindled by recent comments from AWS about cloud repatriation among its customer base.

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Ransomware Costs Schools Nearly $550,000 per Day of Downtime

New data from cybersecurity research firm Comparitech quantifies the damage caused by ransomware attacks on educational institutions.

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3 in 4 Education Institutions Have Identified a Cyber Attack on Their Infrastructure in the Past Year

Seventy-seven percent of institutions across K-12 and higher education have uncovered a cyber attack on their infrastructure within the past 12 months, according to a new survey from cybersecurity company Netwrix.

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Survey: 86% of Students Already Use AI in Their Studies

In a recent survey from the Digital Education Council, a global alliance of universities and industry representatives focused on education innovation, the majority of students (86%) said they use artificial intelligence in their studies.

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Cloud Security Alliance: Best Practices for Securing AI Systems

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organization whose mission statement is defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, has released a new report offering guidance on securing systems that leverage large language models (LLMs) to address business challenges.

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Report: Use of Game Engines Expands Beyond Gaming

Game development technology is increasingly being utilized beyond its traditional gaming roots, according to the recently released annual "State of Game Development" report from development and DevOps solutions provider Perforce Software.

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Report: Increasing Number of Vulnerabilities in OpenVPN

OpenVPN, a popular open source virtual private network (VPN) system integrated into millions of routers, firmware, PCs, mobile devices and other smart devices, is leaving users open to a growing list of threats, according to a new report from Microsoft.