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Caroline Nihill

Caroline Nihill is a reporter for IT Brew. Her work primarily focuses on cybersecurity, IT operations, and tech interactions between the private and public sectors. Based in the D.C. area, Caroline has also worked for Scoop News Group outlets including FedScoop, CyberScoop, StateScoop, and others.

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IT Strategy

How to think about AI strategy, according to Zoom CIO

Plan for the future, not just the end of the week.

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IT Strategy

What FedRAMP certifications could mean for private sector dealings

FedRAMP can show a company’s cloud offerings are ready for both the public and private sector.

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Cybersecurity

Does the agentic era signal the end of cybersecurity perimeters?

Agentic AI could flood organizations with synthetic identities and unsupervised workflows

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Cybersecurity

Are deepfakes getting too good?

AI might get too good for the normal checks within the next two years, experts say.

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Cybersecurity

Agentic AI: Are guardrails really working?

A lot depends on IT pros’ diligence when it comes to setting up AI agents.

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Cloud

How the Department of Veterans Affairs uses Slack in a new partnership

Can Slack help the VA adopt an agentic operating system?

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Cloud

Why organizations are choosing to repatriate data from data centers

How hard could it really be?

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Cybersecurity

Supply-chain attack against open source projects could have big impact

One expert recommends professionals put package updates in purgatory to defend against these threats.

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Cybersecurity

Iran conflict: DDoS uptick

Intel 471’s Ashley Bather suggests organizations have a plan to address DDoS attacks to mitigate potential downtime.

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IT Operations

How the help desk can fight shadow AI

Why IT departments should monitor any shadow AI usage—and understand why employees are engaging in it.