Microsoft released RAMPART and Clarity as open-source projects intended to help developers test AI agents earlier in the software lifecycle and turn red-team findings into repeatable engineering ...

Gartner recently forecast that worldwide IT spending will total $6.31 trillion in 2026, a 13.5% increase from 2025. Sectors experiencing the largest growth include data center systems, software, and ...

A new multi-model agentic AI security system built by Microsoft's Autonomous Code Security team helped researchers find 16 new vulnerabilities across the Windows networking and authentication stack, ...

A Microsoft report found education has the highest AI usage rate of any industry, while Educause found fewer than 60% of higher ed institutions consider AI strategic and fewer than 40% have acceptable ...

AI usage has reached 17.8% among the world's working-age population, while adoption remains far higher in developed economies than in the Global South.

AI will move from experimentation to institution-wide strategy. In 2026, colleges and universities will shift away from isolated AI pilots toward coordinated adoption guided by governance, privacy ...

Institutions need to move away from a reactive habit of expanding storage and towards a more deliberate data management model based on understanding and control.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced plans to issue a new set of cybersecurity guidelines aimed at safeguarding artificial intelligence (AI) systems, citing rising ...

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has introduced a guide for red teaming Agentic AI systems, targeting the security and testing challenges posed by increasingly autonomous artificial intelligence. The ...

CrowdStrike has announced the acquisition of identity security firm SGNL for $740 million to enhance its capabilities in continuous, real-time access control for both human and AI identities. The ...

While secure remote access remains a key driver of DaaS adoption, a growing number of deployments now focus on broader efficiency goals, according to Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a ...