Cybersecurity
NIST wants your help to secure AI agents
NIST is looking for “concrete examples, best practices, case studies, and actionable recommendations” from agentic developers and other stakeholders who deploy agents.
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Brianna Monsanto
Brianna Monsanto is a reporter with IT Brew who covers cybersecurity, cloud computing, and IT strategy news. Prior to IT Brew, Brianna covered the wealth management industry for Financial Advisor IQ, a Financial Times Specialist brand. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Television, Radio and the Emerging Media from CUNY Brooklyn College and a Master of Arts in Journalism with a concentration in Business and Economic Reporting from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
Cybersecurity
Leaders overestimate their organizations’ handle on machine identities
The ratio of machine to human identities within organizations is also widening.
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Cybersecurity
Fake blue screen of death malware targets the hospitality industry
The researchers claim the malicious domain leveraged in the ploy remains largely undetected by security vendors.
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IT Operations
What’s the magic word? When it comes to budget approvals, it’s ‘AI’
More than six in 10 business leaders say they tied a software purchase to an AI initiative in order to get budget approval.
Cybersecurity
Payroll pirates now causing havoc in more industries
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Software
Will 2026 be the year of the forward-deployed engineer?
Job postings for forward-deployed engineers quintupled YoY in 2024, according to Lightcast data provided to IT Brew.
Cybersecurity
What misconfigurations did ethical hackers run into the most this year?
“The weakest link is still the person. It’s still the employee,” Kent Ickler tells IT Brew.
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IT Strategy
How AT&T CISO Rich Baich manifested his career
Baich has previously worked at AIG, Wells Fargo, and the CIA.
IT Strategy
Inside Mondelēz International’s digital transformation strategy
Mondelēz is currently preparing to migrate three of its regional ecosystems under one single operating model and tech stack, according to CTO Chris Hesse.
IT Operations
How IT pros can make their personal brand stand out
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