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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.

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Software

Companies are signing shorter, costly software contracts to keep up with AI tools

“I am paying a slightly higher price because I am not signing a long-term deal, and I’m doing it consciously so that I don’t end up wasting money in the long term,” one CTO tells IT Brew.

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Hardware

Is the 3-2-1 backup rule still the golden standard?

As datasets grow and threat actors level up their tactics by deleting backups in their attacks, some question if the beloved 3-2-1 backup rule is enough in today’s age.

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IT Operations

Few companies have reached full AI maturity

Only 12% of companies are considered AI leaders, according to a recent Genpact report.

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Software

Is the traditional ERP model on its last legs?

36% of executives say the traditional ERP model will soon be outdated.

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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.

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.

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Cybersecurity

Payroll pirates now causing havoc in more industries

“They’re certainly some kind of cybercrime organization or fraud organization that is doing this at scale,” says Okta Threat Intelligence VP Brett Winterford.

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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.