Autonomous IT offers a path forward by combining real-time endpoint intelligence, AI-driven analytics, and trusted closed-loop action. Instead of relying on reactive tickets and manual handoffs between SecOps and ITOps, organizations can begin moving toward an operating model that continuously validates estate health, prioritizes risk in context, and safely remediates issues at scale.
In our latest Market Report, The Autonomous IT Imperative, completed in partnership with Tanium, Futurum Research examines why traditional IT operations and security models are reaching their limits, and how Autonomous IT can help organizations improve resilience, reduce operational friction, and reclaim human capacity for higher-value work.
In this report, you will learn:
- Why growing endpoint complexity, vulnerability volume, and fragmented IT/security workflows are making reactive operations unsustainable
- How real-time endpoint intelligence can help teams move from stale inventory and delayed validation to a live, trustworthy view of the estate
- Why autonomous closed-loop patching can help balance security urgency with operational stability and user productivity
- How a unified platform approach can reduce friction between SecOps and ITOps by giving both teams a shared data plane and common operating context
- What guardrails are needed to build trust in Autonomous IT, including transparency, human oversight, AI model division of labor, and progressive ring-based deployment
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Author Information
Fernando Montenegro serves as the Vice President & Practice Lead for Cybersecurity & Resilience at The Futurum Group. In this role, he leads the development and execution of the Cybersecurity research agenda, working closely with the team to drive the practice's growth. His research focuses on addressing critical topics in modern cybersecurity. These include the multifaceted role of AI in cybersecurity, strategies for managing an ever-expanding attack surface, and the evolution of cybersecurity architectures toward more platform-oriented solutions.
Before joining The Futurum Group, Fernando held senior industry analyst roles at Omdia, S&P Global, and 451 Research. His career also includes diverse roles in customer support, security, IT operations, professional services, and sales engineering. He has worked with pioneering Internet Service Providers, established security vendors, and startups across North and South America.
Fernando holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and various industry certifications. Although he is originally from Brazil, he has been based in Toronto, Canada, for many years.
