Campus Technology Feed Campus Technology Feed Campus Technology: All ArticlesRansomware Pressure Moves Beyond Enterprise Systems to Theaten Employees' Families October 28, 2026Ransomware attackers are exploiting enterprises' own artificial intelligence systems and extending pressure beyond internal networks to employees and their families, according to a new Semperis survey of organizations that suffered disruptive attacks.AI Is Accelerating Vulnerability Discovery, Researchers Find October 28, 2026AI-powered vulnerability research is contributing to a sharp increase in security updates, raising concerns that IT teams could fall behind as patching demands grow, according to cybersecurity company ThreatDown.Organizations Report Positive ROI on AI Investments, Yet Data Readiness and Oversight Lag Behind October 26, 2026Businesses are reporting benefits from artificial intelligence even as their data preparation and oversight processes remain incomplete, according to a survey by data and AI services provider Further.Microsoft Expands AI Security Platform to Address Security Risks from AI Agents October 26, 2026Microsoft is expanding the focus of its AI-powered Project Perception security platform to address the growing concern that AI agents may have access to sensitive information and systems, yet don't always behave as expected.Sophos Launches Tool to Defend Against Shadow AI October 26, 2026Unauthorized artificial intelligence tools and agents are creating security risks for enterprises as AI adoption increases, according to cybersecurity company Sophos.Higher Ed Owns Plenty of Technology. The Question Is Whether It's Delivering Value. October 22, 2026As institutions work to set technology priorities and budgets for the year ahead, now is the time to determine what to add, what to consolidate, and where to get more from existing investments.Unexpected AI Agent Activity Reported by Nearly Half of Organizations in Recent Survey October 21, 2026Nearly half of the security and technology professionals in a recent Salt Security survey confirmed or suspected that an AI agent had taken an unintended, unexpected, or unauthorized action in their organization over the past year.Cyber Attacks Increasingly Exploit Trusted Workplace Tools October 21, 2026A new threat intelligence report from Ontinue found that attackers are increasingly using trusted workplace tools to trick users into giving them access to enterprise networks.Study Finds Most Organizations Are Not Consistently Measuring AI Value Against Costs October 19, 2026While AI investment continues to grow, relatively few organizations consistently measure whether the technology's benefits justify its costs, according to consulting firm KPMG.Before You Replace the Legacy ERP, Learn What It Is Actually Doing October 14, 2026The closer an organization gets to replacing a legacy system, the less inclined it may be to invest in that system. Yet that is also a period when understanding the legacy environment becomes particularly important.Phishing Attacks Increasingly Exploit Remote Management Tools and AI E-mail Assistants, Reports Find October 13, 2026Phishing attacks are increasing their use of legitimate remote management software to take over computers and hidden instructions to manipulate AI e-mail assistants, according to two recent security reports.Leading the Next Era of Internet2 October 12, 2026CT asks Tripti Sinha about her first year as president and CEO of Internet2: meeting with the membership and R&E community — now as CEO; initiating a new strategic plan; and leading in the next era of breakthrough technologies.SailPoint Rolls Out New Capabilities to Address Agentic AI Identity Security Challenge October 12, 2026AI agents are quickly moving from experiments into everyday enterprise environments, but the security controls around them are not keeping pace, according to enterprise identity security company SailPoint.Flashpoint Patents Ransomware Risk Model, Tying Vulnerabilites to Likelihood of Attack October 9, 2026Cybersecurity company Flashpoint recently announced it has received U.S. Patent No. 12,705,360 for its Ransomware Risk model, a methodology designed to help security teams determine which newly disclosed vulnerabilities more closely resemble those historically used in ransomware attacks.Report: Convergence of AI, Quantum Risks Impacting Cybersecurity October 9, 2026New research from Thales highlights how AI adoption and emerging quantum computing threats are putting pressure on existing security measures.Claude Sonnet 5.5 Offers Model-Switching Cybersecurity Safeguards October 8, 2026Anthropic's latest Claude release, Sonnet 5.5, brings cybersecurity safeguards that can change which model handles a request during a Claude conversation. Higher-risk tasks can fall back to Sonnet 5.Survey Reveals Data Governance Enforcement Gap for Agentic AI Tools October 7, 2026According to a new report, 99.7% of IT and security leaders surveyed by identity security company Delinea said their organization has a formal policy governing what data AI tools and agents are permitted to access. Yet only about 51% said AI access is checked against those policies in real time.OpenAI Introduces Dots, AI Agents that Continue Working Between User Conversations October 7, 2026OpenAI has announced Dots, GPT-6 Astra-powered agents that run on their own cloud computers, using connected applications to carry on with assignments between conversations and incorporating users' feedback as they go.Survey: Lack of Specialized Infrastructure Is a Top AI Adoption Challenge October 7, 2026Enterprise AI projects are running into infrastructure questions as organizations move from planning toward deployment, according to a recent Digital Realty survey.Report: AI Ambitions Are Running Into a Network Infrastructure Trust Problem October 5, 2026Network-provider trust concerns are impacting enterprise AI plans, with AI and data-driven projects the most affected initiatives among respondents reporting disruption.
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