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Julie serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. Julie's 25 years of work experience is balanced between the engineering and management consulting work she did in the first half of her career and her work as an analyst for the past 12 years. The combination of technical and business expertise positions prepared her well to work with business leaders to identify new opportunities offered by mobile technology and to develop strategies to engage with consumers on mobile devices. She has worked with hundreds of clients across retail, travel, banking, insurance, CPG, healthcare, retail, and more to advise and guide the development of their mobile strategies.
Julie's research and analysis have been widely cited in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, BusinessWeek, RCR Wireless, and The Onion and on CBS, NBC, and PBS.
Prior to becoming an analyst, Julie worked at a contextual services mobile startup in San Francisco and prior to that at Booz Allen & Hamilton.
Julie holds a B.S.E.E. and a Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Executive Overview: The S&R Practice Playbook
Today, business leaders expect the CISO to not only protect the organization from run-of-the-mill hackers but to also protect its brand and competitive advantage in the marketplace — all while...

Why The Next Internet Revolution Is Much More Alarming Than The Last
There is a revolution happening right now; innovative organizations are planning how they can merge the physical and digital worlds to bring new products and experiences to their customers. At the...

Since cyberinsurance first emerged in the late '90s, the number of available policies, the scope of those policies, and the number of insurers offering them have all significantly increased. Due to...

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...
As 2012 came to a close, we studied the financial position of many CISOs and asked about their expectations for 2013. Unsurprisingly, it was apparent that 2012 was another difficult year and...
A little while ago I bumped into a journalist friend at a trade conference. We chatted about the event to try and identify hot topics and trends from our discussions and supplier meetings, and both...
The role of the chief information security officer (CISO) is increasingly central to many organizations; however, it has many guises. No two CISOs have exactly the same roles and responsibilities,...
I was reading an article recently which outlined the different agencies employed within the United Kingdom to protect against cyber-threats. Not including the armed forces, who would have...
Ernst & Young, Deloitte, IBM, Accenture, PwC, And KPMG Lead, With Wipro Following Close Behind
The information security consulting market is growing explosively because security and risk professionals often lack the skill and bandwidth to accomplish their increasingly difficult mission. To...

Undoubtedly, most of you will have seen the amazing story about the developer who secretly outsourced his own role to China, investing 20% of his annual salary to free up almost all his work time....
Stakeholder Needs: The S&R Practice Playbook
This report maps out the key stakeholders for Forrester's solution for security & risk (S&R) professionals looking to build a high-performance security program and organization. This report is...

Future Look: The S&R Practice Playbook
This report outlines the future look 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...
The importance of data security throughout the supply chain is something we have all considered, but Greg Schaffer, acting deputy undersecretary of the Homeland Security Department of the National...
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...
Last night I stumbled across a documentary on BBC2 (content only available to UK residents – sorry!) about the human brain. One section talked about how the brain perceived risk issues...
For many years, security professionals have lived by the three pillars of risk management – AVOID, TREAT, ACCEPT. These great tenets have served the profession well, enabling CISOs to...
Assessment Framework: The S&R Practice Playbook
This report outlines the assessment framework associated with Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) executives. The report is designed to help CISOs as they continue working their way...

Be Ready To Comply With Dynamic Regulatory Changes
Understanding the laws and regulations that govern data privacy across your organization is critical for any company, but it can be challenging. As a result, too many security and risk (S&R)...
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...
CISOs Need To Act To Realize True Business Benefit From Security Policy
As information security has become more widely understood, the majority of organizations have built a set of supporting policies. Unfortunately, many of these are slowly drifting toward irrelevance...
I recently went for coffee with a very interesting gentleman who had previously been responsible for threat and vulnerability management in a global bank – our conversation roamed far and wide...
It’s interesting how many threads there are on the Internet that still debate the difference between these two words: “responsible” and “accountable.” Oddly enough,...
Last night I attended a vendor presentation about cloud-based risk and the threat from nation state attacks. Unfortunately, due to a busy schedule and a difficult journey, I arrived just as the final...
It’s common knowledge that the security landscape has shifted over the past few years and the once-strong perimeters that CISOs relied upon have become stretched, fragmented, and overrun by...
As much as the cloud computing model makes sense to me, my security sensibilities cry out about information risk every time I start to consider actual implementation for data of value across an...