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Blog:HP Buys ArcSight: Caviar Not Catfish

This morning, HP announced it was buying ArcSight for $1.5 billion, at a 70% market value premium compared to its value a month ago. My colleague John Kindervag will probably be blogging on this...

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Tool:Many Information Workers Use Do-It-Yourself Technology

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Blog:IBM Announces Plans To Acquire OpenPages . . . Top GRC Vendors Are Charting Very Different Courses

Rarely does vendor consolidation reflect such fragmentation of a market. Picking up on the recent acquisition trend of independent market leaders, IBM today announced plans to acquire long-time GRC...

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Blog:New Forrester Wave Evaluation: Vulnerability Management Products

Forrester has just completed a comprehensive assessment of vulnerability management products. The Forrester Vulnerability Management Wave report is now live. If you are a subscriber, please see...

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Report:eDiscovery Market Consolidation Continues Its Steady March

How Mergers And Acquisitions Will Impact Your eDiscovery Strategies

Organizations struggle to keep up with eDiscovery demands and are burdened by a proliferation of point products. Navigating the eDiscovery marketplace isn't trivial, and many enterprises report...

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Report:Build An Information Security Management System

Policy And Procedures: The S&R Practice Playbook

Over recent years, the information security industry has matured nicely; experts and associations have documented many best practice models, and their adoption has been widespread. It's disconcerting...

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Blog:Deliver The Anywhere, Anytime, Any-Device Promise Safely And Securely

Mobile security and operations continues to be one of the hottest topics for organizations across industries. Mobility holds the promise of fostering new innovations, reaching new audiences and, most...

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Report:Don't Bore Your Executives — Speak To Them In A Language That They Understand

Seven Critical Executive-Level Metrics For CISOs And The Business

The ability to communicate effectively has always been a core competency for any business executive, and today's chief information security officer (CISO) is fast becoming a business executive. The...

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Blog:Vote For Forrester's IT Forum 2011 Theme

It's that time of year when we begin planning our spring Forums. Our Security & Risk Forum EMEA will take place in London, March 17th and 18th. Planning and content creation for that Forum is...

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Blog:Enterprises Continue To Drive Adoption Of Advanced Endpoint Security Tools, But SMBs Are Not Far Behind

Guest post from S&R Researcher Chris Sherman.  Host-based intrusion prevention systems, host-based data leak protection, full disk and file level encryption . . . all are important tools...

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Tool:Evaluated Providers: Vendor Information And Selection Criteria

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Blog:Starving The Golden Goose

The new revolution in apps and social media continues at a stunning rate. Nearly every day a colleague tells me of another app or site that is bubbling up and about to hit the big time. Many will not...

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Tool:Multiple Teams Contribute To Establishing Retention Management Policies

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Report:Navigate The Future Of Identity And Access Management

Future Look: The Identity And Access Management Playbook

This report outlines the future look of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) executives working on building an identity and access management strategy for the extended enterprise. We...

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Report:Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Are Top IT Priorities For 2010 And 2011

Six Percent Of IT Operating And Capital Budgets Goes To BC/DR

According to Forrester's recent survey of 2,803 IT decision-makers, improving their business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) capabilities is the No. 1 priority for SMBs and the second...

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Report:Breaking Down Entropy And Passwords

Understanding The Fundamentals Of Effective Password Policies

Protecting access to information technology assets by using passwords is as old as the concept of IT security itself. Today, passwords remain a popular means of authentication. Each service guarded...

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Report:The Pains, Pitfalls, And Potential For Records Management In 2011

Forrester Research And ARMA International Records Management Online Survey, Q3 2010

Successful records management helps your organization comply with regulatory requirements, ease eDiscovery burdens, and meet information governance objectives. In pursuit of these goals, nearly...

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Report:Q&A: Answers To Your Top Questions About Cloud-Based Records Management

In the wider context of the rapid adoption of a variety of cloud-based applications, enterprise adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) or hosted records management (RM) remains limited. While cost,...

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Report:Job Description: Chief Privacy Officer

Skills And Staffing: The Data Security And Privacy Playbook

This report discusses skills and staffing implications of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) professionals to act in developing their organization's data security and privacy strategy....

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Blog:Yes, Social Media Is Risky — Find A Way To Make It Work

We just published a report explaining all the risks inherent in the use of social media and presenting best practice tools and techniques to manage those risks effectively. Social media is one of the...

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Blog:Kaspersky: A fast growing company that is seeing challenges for the first time

  Last week I flew to Puerto Rico to attend Kaspersky’s industry analyst summit (IAS). This is the second year that Kapersky held a global analyst summit. The event is co-located with...

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Blog:Join Forrester's New Online Community For Security & Risk Professionals!

Here at Forrester, we like to eat our own dog food. Hot on the heels of the book launch of Empowered, Forrester has launched an online community for security and risk professionals. The...

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Report:Identify And Influence Data Security And Privacy Stakeholders

Stakeholder Needs: The Data Security And Privacy Playbook

This report outlines Forrester's solution for security and risk executives seeking to develop a data privacy and protection program and gain stakeholder support. As a security and risk (S&R)...

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Report:Define A Road Map To Accelerate The Organizational Maturity Of Your Security Program

Road Map: The S&R Practice Playbook

This report outlines the future state of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) executives working on building a high-performance security program and organization. This report is designed...

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Report:Build A Strategic Security Program And Organization

Strategic Plan: The S&R Practice Playbook

This report outlines the strategic vision of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) professionals looking to build a high-performance security program and organization. This report is...

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