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Eoin Higgins

Eoin Higgins is a reporter with IT Brew. His work focuses on cybersecurity, IT jobs, and government tech. Eoin’s work has appeared in outlets around the country and around the world, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Intercept, the Nation, MSNBC, and many others. His first book, on tech billionaires and the media, is available now. He lives in New England with his family.

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IT Strategy

Zuckerberg cuts back on metaverse spending as priorities shift

The metaverse was a “moonshot bet,” investing professional tells IT Brew.

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Cybersecurity

The next year in healthcare cybersecurity—what to expect

“There’s a patient education component,” healthcare cybersecurity expert says.

A portrait of SastryDurvasula, Chief Information Officer of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
IT Operations

TIAA’s Sastry Durvasula works with older companies—and newer tech

“It’s cool to be part of that reinvention process when there are major tech disruptions,” Durvasula says.

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IT Operations

2026 in AI Ops presents opportunity, challenges

“We have these powerful new paradigms of AI,” security expert says.

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Cybersecurity

2025 became the year of agentic AI

“Organizations are finally starting to realize that we can’t just rely on AI to self-govern or police its own behavior,” a technical director says.

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IT Operations

November’s tech C-suite did the AI shuffle

AI defined C-suite moves in November.

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IT Operations

AI is changing the workforce—kind of

“AI is not eliminating jobs, but actually transforming them,” Karat president says.

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IT Operations

AI in 2025 was defined by increased accessibility, security, and agents

“AI is a powerful tool to automate,” technical director says.

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Cybersecurity

Cyberattackers will press the advantage in 2026

“I’m afraid to even say we are close to winning again,” Securin CEO tells IT Brew.

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IT Operations

AWS aims to accelerate agentic AI with ‘frontier’ technology

Guardrails are “all built into the agent design,” says AWS VP.