AI adoption is increasingly colliding with risk management in higher education IT. One new analysis warns that as AI improves defenders’ ability to scan codebases and run red teaming at scale, cybersecurity planning must also account for adversaries that can move faster with less context. Separately, reporting on operational cybersecurity underscores the growing need for higher education institutions to treat AI tools as both an opportunity and a new threat model—particularly for learning management systems, administrative portals, and research infrastructure. In tandem, these developments are pushing IT leaders toward faster governance, better instrumentation, and more AI-informed incident planning rather than relying solely on traditional controls.