Naperville, IL – 20 / November 2025 – Moran Technology Consulting, Inc. (Moran), a leading higher education management and technology consulting firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Adam Vedra to Practice Lead – Cybersecurity & Privacy. In this role, Adam will lead the practice’s efforts to build tailored IT security & compliance programs to handle our client’s most pressing institutional risks in research and higher education.
Higher education institutions are both high-value and uniquely vulnerable targets for malicious actors thanks to their unique convergence of desirable data (PII, financial records, research files, etc.) and tradition of decentralized and open IT environments, which make uniform security measures difficult to implement and enforce. Adam’s appointment comes at a time when existing cybersecurity and privacy challenges have been exacerbated by the new threats posed by AI, shrinking budgets, workforce gaps, and increased scrutiny in higher education.
“For me, leading Moran’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice is about protecting the people—students, faculty, researchers—who rely on their institutions to maintain a safe and secure environment. I see this role as a way to help institutions defend not just their data and assets, but the very trust, assurance, and integrity that empower learning and discovery,” Vedra said. “Our practice stands at the intersection of innovation and protection, where we can help institutions comprehensively assess their security, risk, and compliance and provide them with the support they need to define their way forward and take action.”
Services in the Cybersecurity & Privacy portfolio include:
“Moran is fortunate to have Adam stepping into this role. His experience working as a CISO and Associate CIO mean that he has faced real-world threats, navigated complex regulatory landscapes, and built resilient programs from the ground up, well before he joined Moran,” said Scott Weyandt, Vice President of Digital Identity & Security. “Adam excels at translating his experience and expertise into practical, strategic guidance our clients can trust. He understands the kinds of cybersecurity and privacy challenges our clients are facing. As a Practice Lead, he will be expanding and enhancing our services to ensure we can act quickly to address new and emerging needs.”
Moran CEO Charlie Moran agreed, adding, “Having a proven cybersecurity leader like Adam at the helm of this practice is critical. Adam has deep, hands-on experience protecting complex institutions and their data and has proven that he can successfully design and grow our services to meet client needs. His appointment reflects Moran’s commitment to delivering trusted expertise to higher education, especially in this moment where the stakes for security and privacy have literally never been higher.”
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