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The World Cup is down to the final two, and so is Cortex's Coming Home Dashboard. In this Feature Friday, VP of Strategic Initiatives & Marketing Cristina Buenahora walks through an update on the Coming Home Dashboard she and Edward Spencer built a month ago, and the product update behind it. What she covers: Whether you're tracking brackets or tracking engineering maturity, the view's the same. Reach out to your CSM to try it.

The question isn't whether your proposal is good, it's whether it's more important than everything else competing for the same time, people, and budget. That's why the strongest proposals explain the impact, not just the work.

AI-powered ransomware is becoming a reality. Researchers recently demonstrated autonomous AI agents that can scout networks, steal credentials, and accelerate ransomware attacks. In this 60-second Zero Ticket Minute, learn what this means for cybersecurity, IT operations, and the future of agentic AI. Can AI also help stop these attacks? Watch to find out.

Microsoft patched 570 security vulnerabilities this Patch Tuesday — but every patch is also a public disclosure. The second those fixes drop, attackers know exactly where 570 weaknesses live. The only question that matters: can you find and patch them across your entire environment before someone exploits them? The speed of discovery is only increasing. Are you ready for the velocity of this new world? Let us know in the comments.

Building an Internal Developer Platform doesn't have to be a months-long project. Join us for a practical walkthrough where we'll spin up a fully functional platform from zero to production-ready in under 30 minutes. We're using Konstruct's Hosted Control Plane to show you exactly how fast modern IDP tooling can be. You'll watch as we deploy a team's first cluster, showcase the essentials that actually matter, and explore how this foundation becomes the backbone of developer productivity at scale.