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You may be thinking to yourself, "We're only just over halfway through 2025, is it really time to start thinking about next year?" and the simple answer is yes. Unlike Halloween decorations in July or Christmas decorations in August, it's never too early to start thinking about your plans for the next year. By getting a jumpstart now, you can better plan for goals, initiatives, and the ever-elusive IT budget.

SharePoint Vulnerabilities and Security Updates SharePoint is currently facing vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited, leading to guidance from Microsoft and CISA. An attack chain known as Tool Shell is taking advantage of CVEs, revealing new security risks. On-prem software poses significant threats as attackers can decrypt it. Mitigation involves applying updates and improving threat detection. Additionally, Exchange Server has a security update addressing five vulnerabilities, and users must switch from EWS to Microsoft Graph by October 2026.

Over 1,200 engineers, leaders, and teams shared their biggest observability challenges in our third annual Observability Survey — and the results are in. In this video, Marc Chipouras (Head of Emerging Products, Grafana Labs) breaks down the top insights: Thanks for watching!

Robert Johnston discussed the role of AI in the SOC with Security Boulevard at.

David Tippet, Search Engineer at GitHub, shares how Elastic powers GitHub’s massive search platform and enables a seamless developer experience. He explains how GitHub balances AI-driven semantic search with traditional keyword search, ensuring accuracy for millions of diverse users, from engineers to security researchers.