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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

How to prevent skill atrophy in the age of AI-assisted coding

One expert encourages developers to continue to manually write code.

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IT Strategy

How to be an effective IT middle manager

One expert says middle managers should overcommunicate with team members and stakeholders.

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IT Strategy

How to rescue a failing AI initiative

What are signs that a project is too far gone to save?

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IT Strategy

Ninety seconds with the CEO: turning an outage into a budget

One expert says IT leaders need to present their request for more funding with a “business-facing lens.”

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Cloud

What is vertical scaling?

And how to know when to scale up.

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IT Strategy

Most enterprises will abandon vendor FDE-built AI by 2028: report

There’s also a growing risk of “FDE washing.”

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IT Operations

How to detect and address configuration drift

Manual fixes and human error are common causes.

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IT Strategy

Why the University of Utah decided to hire a CAIO

“We needed to incorporate AI holistically into the university’s mission,” Manish Parashar says.

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Cybersecurity

What happens after a company pays a ransom?

We caught up with digital forensics and incident response professionals to find out.

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IT Operations

How to identify and remove ‘ghost assets’ from your organization

These are physical and digital assets that can no longer be accounted for, but still present on a company’s registrar.