Brianna Monsanto

Reporter, IT Brew

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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IT Operations

AI orchestrators are the newest in-demand AI role

Lightcast data shows job listings for AI orchestrators grew more than 1000% between February 2025 and 2026.

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Software

AI robots have arrived

AI-powered robots are smarter, faster to deploy, and reshaping industries from warehousing to mining. Here's what you need to know about the $60.7B future of robotics.

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Cloud

AI customer communications agents have a governance problem

Almost three-fourths of enterprises have shut down their AI customer communications agents, according to an upcoming Sinch report.

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Cybersecurity

Telecom giants band together to form new ISAC

The C2 ISAC is expected to begin operations in June.

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Meet the new trending C-suite role: the chief trust officer
Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity professionals say high-profile incidents boost execs’ credibility

“Businesses are really cognizant of how much impact an incident can have, and therefore want trusted leaders that have experience in incident management and dealing with such things,” ISC2 CISO Jon France says.

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IT Operations

So you want to make a digital twin of your IT leader

Can a digital twin eventually outperform its human counterpart?

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Cybersecurity

What XBOX CISO Temi Adebambo is up against

The first CISO of XBOX took on the role in 2024.

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Cybersecurity

Is AI decimating the bug bounty industry?

Earlier this month, Turso joined the slew of companies pressing the brakes on their bug bounty programs due to a rise in AI slop.

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IT Strategy

Tech roles are notorious for lengthy hire times. Can we change that?

According to Ashby, the average technical hire required 23.3 hours of total interview time by Q1 2026.

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Cybersecurity

CVS Health CISO: ‘A good day for me is when the phone doesn’t ring’

IT Brew caught up with Alan Rosa to discuss his career journey.

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