NIST SP 800-171 & CMMC: Minimize Your Risk of Losing Business Opportunities

Higher education compliance teams are being asked to manage more - more frameworks, more overlapping requirements, more evidence, and greater expectations for visibility and audit readiness - often without corresponding increases in resources. For many institutions, that means valuable staff time is still consumed by manual work, duplicated effort, and reactive audit preparation. But how widespread are these challenges across higher education, and what are institutions doing differently when they achieve stronger operational outcomes? Join Apptega and CampusGuard for a closer look at findings from the 2026 State of Compliance in Higher Education Report, based on a survey of 112 higher education security, compliance, IT, audit, and risk leaders. We’ll go beyond the numbers to explore what the research reveals about how institutions are managing compliance today and what the findings mean for teams looking to make their programs more connected, efficient, and sustainable.

Bob Layton

Chief Revenue Officer Apptega

Edward Ko

Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer CampusGuard

The opportunity for MSSPs is growing, but so are the expectations. Customers are looking for more than point-in-time security services or help checking a compliance box. They want strategic partners who can help them navigate evolving requirements, manage risk, and demonstrate security and compliance on an ongoing basis. At the same time, MSSPs are facing their own challenges: differentiating in an increasingly competitive market, creating predictable revenue, scaling services efficiently, and proving greater value to customers. So, what will separate the security providers that grow in 2027 from those that get left behind? In this session, we’ll explore how leading MSSPs are evolving their go-to-market strategies and service offerings to meet changing buyer expectations and unlock new growth opportunities. From packaging compliance as a managed service to building recurring revenue and expanding existing customer relationships, attendees will walk away with practical ideas they can apply to their own growth strategy.

Bob Layton

Chief Revenue Officer Apptega

Stay ahead with Apptega's latest innovations. The security and compliance landscape continues to evolve, and so does Apptega. Join us for our next Demo Day to get an exclusive first look at the latest innovations designed to help service providers and organizations improve visibility, simplify security and compliance operations, and make more informed decisions.

Rahul Bakshi

Chief Product Officer

Sam Singer

Product Manager Apptega

Jose Toledo

Product Manager Apptega

Join Apptega for a live Demo Day showcasing Security Questionnaire Automation and Assessment Completion Agent, two new AI-powered capabilities designed to help service providers and organizations reduce manual effort, accelerate security and compliance workflows, and get to meaningful outcomes faster.

Sam Singer

Product Manager Apptega

Ready to ‘Power Up’? On December 3, discover what’s new (and what’s next) at Apptega’s biggest product launch yet.

Rahul Bakshi

Chief Product Officer

Laura Vieiro Rial

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Large Language Models (LLMs), a sub-set of the AI tools category, are helping security teams innovate like never before. While AI won’t replace teams in Security Operations Centers (SOCs) anytime soon, it can deliver scale, accelerate response times, and enhance real-time operations when used effectively. At a broader enterprise level, while organizations are eager to harness AI for efficiency and actionable insights, its rapid evolution also introduces new, hard-to-measure risks, requiring a fresh approach to governance and compliance.

Ankur Sheth

Senior Managing Director, Ankura

David Sampson

VP of Cyber Risk & Strategy, Thrive

Joshua Neil

Co-Founder, Alpha Level