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Report:Move Beyond Disaster Recovery And Prepare For Business Technology Resiliency

Vision: The Business Technology Resiliency Playbook

This report outlines the vision of Forrester's solution for infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives planning their organization's business technology (BT) resiliency strategy — the...

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Report:Top 15 Trends S&R Pros Should Watch: Q2 2013

From frantic security operations problems to the changing threat landscape, CISOs, senior security leaders, and other IT risk management leaders consistently have trouble keeping up with key trends...

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Report:Build The Always-On, Always-Available Extended Enterprise

Executive Overview: The Business Technology Resiliency Playbook

In today's world of 24x7x365 global operations and competition, downtime results not only in immediate lost revenue and productivity, but also in lasting damage to corporate reputation that erodes...

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Client Inquiry:Use These Communication Strategies In The Event Of A Disaster

We would like to know, in the event of a disaster: 1) Whom should we call; 2) what format is best; 3) what kind of information/instructions should we provide on the call; and 4) what kind of...

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Report:Manage Mobile And Consumer Devices Safely And Efficiently

Executive Overview: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook

This report outlines the executive overview of Forrester's solution for security and risk professionals working on managing mobile and consumer devices. Smartphones and tablets are quickly becoming...

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Report:Defend Your Data From Mutating Threats With A Zero Trust Network

Executive Overview: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

We've all heard about the "evolving threat landscape." In biology, evolution is a process that takes millions of years to occur as a result of small changes in successive generations. Mutations, on...

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Report:Address Complexity With Mobile Security And Operations

Strategic Plan: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook

This report outlines the strategic vision of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) and infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives leading the development of their firm's mobile...

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Report:Benchmark The Performance Of Your Business Continuity Program

Benchmark: The Business Technology Resiliency Playbook

This report outlines Forrester's solution for infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders to benchmark the performance of their business continuity (BC) programs as part of their broader business...

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Blog:When It Comes To Data Security, You Don’t Need A Silver Bullet, You Need A Framework

There is truth to the meme, “data is the new oil.” Data is the lifeblood of today's digital businesses, and for economic and even political gain, highly skilled...

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Report:Stop The Insanity: If You Don't Exercise Your Business Continuity Plans, You Aren't Prepared

Ten Recommendations For Maturing Your Business Continuity Exercise Program

Everyone knows you must exercise your business continuity (BC) plans. However, in dozens of inquiries and consulting engagements with enterprise clients each quarter, Forrester finds that BC managers...

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Blog:The Biggest Risk To BC Preparedness – Third-Party Risk

At the recent Disaster Recovery Journal Fall World conference, I gave a presentation of the state of BC readiness. I had some great discussions with the audience (especially about where BC should...

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Report:Source Business Technology Resiliency Capabilities

Tools And Technology: The Business Technology Resiliency Playbook

When anxious executives ask you to improve or maintain business resiliency across the enterprise, it's likely that you'll need help. The skills and expertise required to stay on top of key trends,...

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Report:Understand The State Of Identity And Access Management

Benchmarks: The Identity And Access Management Playbook

This report provides a spending and technology adoption benchmark for security and risk (S&R) executives looking to develop their organization's identity and access management (IAM) strategy....

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Report:Justifying The Business Case For Business Technology Resiliency

Business Case: The Business Technology Resiliency Playbook

This report outlines Forrester's guidance for a business technology resiliency (BTR) business case. This is a critical step when securing funding because management is often reluctant to fund...

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Tool:The Forrester Mobile Security And Operations Maturity Model

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Client Inquiry:What Is The Impact Of US Department Of Homeland Security PS-Prep On The Private Sector?

How is the private sector reacting to the PS-Prep program?

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Blog:Application Whitelisting Offers A Tantalizing Alternative To Popular "Whack-A-Mole" Antivirus Strategies

Guest Post From Researcher Chris Sherman Traditional antivirus techniques have been fighting a losing battle for years. Popular hacker exploit kits pounce on new vulnerabilities quickly...

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Blog:Communication And Coordination Should Be The Cornerstone Of Your BC Plan

In a recent Forrester/DRJ joint survey on BC preparedness, of organizations that have invoked a BC plan in the last five years, 37% said that their BC plans had not adequately addressed...

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Blog:How Do S&R Pros Keep Up With Disruption?

When I talk to security (S&R) leaders, they always tell me that in an ideal world, they would have enough advanced warning of impending business and technology disruptions in order to understand the...

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Report:Evolve Your Identity Strategy For The Extended Enterprise

Executive Overview: The Identity And Access Management Playbook

The rapid adoption of mobile devices and cloud services, together with a multitude of new partnerships and customer-facing applications, has "extended" the identity boundary of today's enterprise....

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Report:Elevate Your Business Technology Resiliency Program With An In-Depth Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan: The Business Technology Resiliency Playbook

This report outlines Forrester's solution for IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders to develop their business technology (BT) resiliency strategic plan. A well-documented strategic plan is...

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Report:Forrsights: The New IT Security Buyer Landscape

Success Requires Vendors To Change Features, Positioning, And Sales Enablement

Despite the recent spate of high-profile security breaches, many chief information security officers (CISOs) find themselves marginalized by their peers and disconnected from their business's...

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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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Report:Protect And Manage Your Critical Information Assets

Executive Overview: The Data Security And Privacy Playbook

Data is the lifeblood of today's digital businesses, and for economic and even political gain, highly skilled cybercriminals are determined to steal it. Meanwhile, customers around the globe have...

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Blog:Business Continuity Standards Don’t Matter -- But They Should

The current state of business continuity management (BCM) standards? Abysmal. According to a joint Forrester/DRJ study, 69% of respondents said that British Standard (BS) 25999 did not influence or...