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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 Operations

Return to office presents challenges for IT teams managing transition

“As we start migrating users who were used to working in home locations back to central pools, it is going to change things,” Mimecast CISO says.

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IT Operations

February tech jobs numbers paint a complicated picture

Tech jobs numbers have been hard to predict.

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Cybersecurity

AI agents with access to your bank account and credit card could cause chaos

“People will try to solve a very specific problem with agentic AI,” SHI CTO says.

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IT Operations

February in the C-Suite, from NY to DOD

Air Force CISO moves to Defense, and more.

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Hardware

Quantum computing moves forward to a new future

“There’s been this evolution of migrating these technologies out of the lab and distributing them into the hands of users,” quantum company founder tells IT Brew.

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Software

AI and cloud are changing virtualization

AI is “another tool set that just complicates the mash-up when it comes to containerized stacks sitting on top of other operating technologies,” NCC expert says.

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Cybersecurity

Security platform at AWS is way for vendors, customers to work together

“We’ll continue to adjust; there’s nothing exclusive here,” AWS security exec says.

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Cybersecurity

New vulnerability in open-source repositories uses fake OpenClaw install to attack

Attackers are “making their own malware look like the legitimate installers for OpenClaw,” Huntress researcher says.

CFOs distrust AI
IT Operations

AI-native engineering can accelerate financial services workflow, study finds

“There’s a huge opportunity with AI to get ahead of it and modernize much faster,” Karat CEO says.

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IT Operations

AI is pushing the tech job market

“All companies, particularly large enterprises, are redefining the way they look at the workforce,” General Assembly CEO tells IT Brew.