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The Language Of Levels Clarifies The Value Of Assurance
Consumer-facing web applications are beginning to rely on third-party identity providers (IdPs) for user identification, authentication, and attributes delivered at runtime. This reduces costs and...
Assessment Framework: The Identity And Access Management Playbook
An identity and access management (IAM) maturity model is necessary for assessing your current state against industry best practices, understanding your performance relative to that of your peers,...

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...
In the past few days, almost every conversation I have had with a CISO has somehow stumbled onto the topic of the data breach at the US Department of Defense (DoD) and subsequent release of that...
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...
An Empowered Report: Four Important Considerations When Going Mobile
Consumers are using an increasing number of smartphones and tablets to extend their online presence far outside the traditional home or office, and businesses everywhere are quick to capitalize on...
Benchmarks: The S&R Practice Playbook
The global downturn has constrained security budgets for several years now, and chief information security officers (CISOs) have become accustomed to taking on more responsibilities without...
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)...
In Fortune 500 companies, where does the head of business continuity management (BCM) report and what standards do they use as a framework for their BCM programs?
How are banking companies using biometric technologies today? How urgent is the need to deploy such technologies?
We are currently exploring all remote access options, particularly SSL functionality. What kind of trends are you are seeing in these areas?
Which apps require more security versus less security?
We have three stores where we store user credentials. We're looking for a solution to synchronize them, and we want to avoid having to write our own programs to do this. Are there commercial...
The Six Vendors That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
In Forrester's 16-criteria evaluation of risk-based authentication vendors, we identified the six significant vendors in this category — CA Technologies, Entrust, iovation, RSA, Symantec, and...
Even as social media adoption surges across the enterprise, security and risk (S&R) professionals have yet to fully understand and mitigate associated legal, compliance, and security risks. S&R...
“To succeed, Security & Risk leaders need to be part of the business strategy.” If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard someone give some variation on that piece of advice,...
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)...
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...