Eoin Higgins

Reporter, IT Brew

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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Melissa Bischoping took the scenic route to a career in tech

“I never miss the opportunity to champion the value of bringing in individuals from non-traditional backgrounds,” Bischoping says.

A woman stares at an open laptop screen, frustration and exhaustion, working into the evening

Reducing tech friction takes diversity of tactics: roundtable

“One platform isn’t going to cover everything, and enterprises aren’t just going to rely on one thing to do everything,” CEO says.

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AI rework is a nagging problem, even as technology booms

“This is a multi-year process, and it’s going to be very messy,” edtech CEO says.

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Synthetic identities are the next step for security in an agentic age

“It’s not really a matter of trust, it’s a matter of capabilities,” machine learning exec tells IT Brew.

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Codio CEO Doug Hughes tells IT Brew that AI should be treated as a tool

“At this point, it’s a power tool, right? It’s got a lot of capability,” Hughes says of AI.

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Vercel breach indicates larger issue of outdated security

“The world is changing really, really rapidly,” Polygraf AI CEO warns.

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Vibe coding isn’t the problem, CTO says—it’s human oversight

“None of us are tenure experts in the vibe-coding field; it hasn’t been around that long,” Uneeq CTO says.

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Identity security comes for the agents

“Right now, there isn’t a single solution in the market,” Palo Alto exec says.

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Maine’s data center moratorium suspends large projects—but leaves smaller ones in place

“We need to have this conversation all together. That’s the point of the bill,” Maine state representative says.

Data quality

New observability platform shows need for AI visibility

Observability is an increasingly important concern for IT pros.