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Sound data governance, safeguards for sharing, and a campus-wide culture of accepting constant change are non-negotiable.</p></p> <a href="https://www.carahsoft.com/innovation-education/resources/campus-tech-redhat-industry-perspective" class="btn">Read More »</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slide"> <div class="container"> <div class="img-holder" style="background-image: url(https://static.carahsoft.com/concrete/files/1416/8271/5690/IIE_Higher_Ed_Report_General_Slider_Image.jpg);"> <img src="https://static.carahsoft.com/concrete/files/1416/8271/5690/IIE_Higher_Ed_Report_General_Slider_Image.jpg" alt="IIE_Higher_Ed_Report_General_Slider_Image.jpg" width="625" height="625"> </div> <div class="text-holder"> <ul class="info-list"> <li><a href="/innovation-education/topic/79845/All">All</a></li> <li><a href="/innovation-education/topic/72108/All">All</a></li> </ul> <h2>Report: Higher Education All-In on Cloud-First</h2> <p><p>When digital transformation is the destination, all roads lead through the cloud. 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Evolving threats powered by AI spawn advanced thinking and approaches to cybersecurity, along with…</p> <hr class="hr"> <ul class="info-list"> <li>Artificial Intelligence, SolarWinds</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="grid-item post"> <div class="item-holder"> <div class="img-holder"> <a href="https://www.carahsoft.com/innovation-education/resources/2022-THEJournal-K12-SolarWinds" style="background-image: url('https://static.carahsoft.com/concrete/files/6216/6855/0170/Fall_IIE_Report_w_THE_Journal_solarwinds_Thumbnail.jpg');" target="_self"> <img src="https://static.carahsoft.com/concrete/files/6216/6855/0170/Fall_IIE_Report_w_THE_Journal_solarwinds_Thumbnail.jpg" alt="Fall_IIE_Report_w_THE_Journal_solarwinds_Thumbnail.jpg" width="1005" height="467"> </a> </div> <h3><a href="https://www.carahsoft.com/innovation-education/resources/2022-THEJournal-K12-SolarWinds" target="_self">Collaborating Across Districts for Cyber Resiliency</a></h3> <p>When schools find ways to pool their 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