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You Don’t Have to Do This On Your Own

Cross-Institutional collaboration is a strategy for success.

Belt-tightening is not a long-term solution. But costs keep climbing, IT and cybersecurity demands keep intensifying, and the expectations for modern digital services keep outpacing what one institution can deliver alone. The question stops being “what else can we cut?” and becomes “what are we going to do?”

Moran works alongside presidents, CFOs, and CIOs who are ready to ask a different question: What can we build together? The institutions that make collaboration work stop treating it as a cost exercise and start treating it as a capacity strategy. Moran takes a creative and structured approach, bringing peer institutions together to surface shared priorities and design governance and service models that people can commit to and sustain.

As the work takes shape, institutions gain access to expertise they couldn’t justify building independently. Security improves, compliance is achievable, and teams aren’t stretched to the breaking point trying to keep everything running on their own.

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How We Make it Happen

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    Cross-Institutional Collaboration

    A guided process from the first conversation through ongoing operations.

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    Interim Leadership

    Higher ed IT leaders call Moran when they need a trusted sounding board, an experienced interim leader, or expert advice.

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    Cybersecurity Assessments

    Find gaps and their root causes to build a prioritized security roadmap tailored to your institution.

  • Moran brought the strategic insight we needed to build an infrastructure roadmap that aligns perfectly with our academic and operational goals. The roadmap they developed with us has become a cornerstone of our IT planning and a key communication tool with campus leadership. Their collaborative approach helped us create a clear, actionable roadmap that guided our infrastructure investments for the last five years.

    Private University Vice President for IT, CIO & CISO
  • Partnering with Moran was a turning point for our IT organization. They helped us uncover foundational areas for digital transformation, guided us in building a strategic roadmap to address long-standing challenges, and coached our team with clarity and purpose. Their support empowered us to make real progress toward becoming a more agile and service-oriented IT operation.

    Public Research University Chief Information Officer
  • The Moran team’s higher ed experience and their depth and breadth of knowledge were invaluable in the creation of our IT strategic assessment. In addition to their experience and knowledge, they are fantastic to work with!

    Private Art & Design College Chief Information Officer
  • Moran has been an invaluable partner, providing clarity, confidence, and structure as our university navigates a complex systems transition. Their expertise has helped us anticipate challenges, address risks early, and position our university for long-term success.

    Private Online University Chief Information Officer
  • Over the years, our partnership with Moran has been paramount to our security strategy and organizational success. Their unwavering commitment to our security posture, strategic guidance, and hands-on support — especially through the placement of a dedicated virtual Chief Information Security Officer — has elevated our resilience and readiness in an increasingly complex threat landscape. They’ve been more than a vendor; they’ve been a true extension of our team.

    Private University Chief Information Officer
  • Cybersecurity strategy evolves rapidly with emerging threats and as a small university with no dedicated cybersecurity staff, most of our efforts were still focused solely on protection and prevention. The Moran Cybersecurity team used the NIST CSF 2.0 as a tool to teach us what’s expected of a mature cybersecurity program and give us a roadmap to build a comprehensive program — all while demonstrating a nuanced understanding of the unique challenges small universities face.

    Private Liberal Arts University Chief Information Officer
  • Moran provided an excellent overview reflecting the work both Moran’s and our team have driven together. The feedback from my team was genuinely positive, and we could not have gotten here without Moran’s guidance, expertise, project oversight, and openness to feedback. Moran delivered a thoughtful, well-structured roadmap that clearly ties together governance, lifecycle, data abstraction layer considerations, with a strong focus on keeping it actionable.

    Private University Chief Information Security Officer
  • You have such a rockstar team on the SailPoint project. They are moving us along and it’s going great!

    Private University Chief Information Officer
  • As a newly promoted senior security leader, I was suddenly hit from every direction with needs, requests, and responsibilities. I felt underwater and unsure what to tackle next. Moran stepped into the gap and guided me through the chaos so I could step into my new role with confidence. Whether it was incident response, policy changes, hiring, acquisitions, or anything else I raised, I could take on every challenge thanks to the professionalism and expertise of the Moran Cybersecurity team.

    Private Christian University Associate Director for Information Security
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