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Client Inquiry:How Should We Select Unified Threat Management Vendors?

We are in the process of selecting unified threat management (UTM) vendors. We have completed a decision analysis based on a technical needs assessment, but we need help narrowing down our vendors....

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Client Inquiry:What Are Current Trends In Remote Access And SSL Functionality?

We are currently exploring all remote access options, particularly SSL functionality. What kind of trends are you are seeing in these areas?

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Report:Strategy Deep Dive: Define Your Data

Rethinking Data Discovery And Classification For Data Security

Defining data via data discovery and classification is an often overlooked, yet critical, component of data security and control. Security and risk (S&R) pros can't expect to adequately protect data...

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Report:Dial "H" For Hack

An Empowered Report: Understanding The Threats To Unified Communication And VoIP Deployments

In many companies, the worlds of data networking and telecommunications have merged, and voice and video traffic travels with other enterprise data on the same corporate network. Often known...

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Report:No More Chewy Centers: Introducing The Zero Trust Model Of Information Security

Vision: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

There's an old saying in information security: "We want our network to be like an M&M, with a hard crunchy outside and a soft chewy center." For a generation of information security...

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Report:Planning For Failure

An Effective Incident Management Program Is Essential To Help You Stay In Business

It's not a question of if — but when — your organization will experience a serious security breach. Cybercriminals are using more sophisticated and targeted attacks to steal everything...

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Report:Kill Your Data To Protect It From Cybercriminals

Strategic Plan: The Data Security And Privacy Playbook

As cybercriminals have become more skillful and sophisticated, they have eroded the effectiveness of our traditional perimeter-based security controls. The constantly mutating threat landscape...

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Client Inquiry:What Are Some Enterprise Key Management Vendor Options?

What vendors compete in the enterprise key management market?

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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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Blog:Preview Of PCI DSS 1.3 – Oops 2.0 – Released

The PCI Security Standards Council released the summary of changes for the new version of PCI — 2.0.  Merchants, you can quit holding your breath as this document is a yawner...

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Report:Q&A: Streamlining Your Patch Management Strategy

Forrester continues to receive many customer inquiries related to effective patch management of servers and endpoints. Balancing the urgency of patching with the need to minimize employee downtime...

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Report:Dissect Data To Gain Actionable INTEL

Forrester's Data Security And Control Framework

Forrester segments the problem of securing and controlling data into three areas: 1) defining the data; 2) dissecting and analyzing the data; and 3) defending and protecting the data. We refer to...

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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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Client Inquiry:What Are Some Best Practices For Using Jump Servers?

Are there certain vendors/solutions/configurations that are considered best practices for jump servers? Are organizations relying entirely on authentication and authorization controls, without having...

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Tool:TechRadar™: Network Threat Mitigation, Q2 '12

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Client Inquiry:Is Tokenization The Right Technology To Encrypt Cardholder Data?

Tokenization: Is it the right technology to encrypt cardholder (saving and debit cards) data? What is the usage level of this product and of similar technologies on the market? What is the level of...

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Report:Develop Your Road Map For Zero Trust Network Mitigation Technology

Road Map: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

This report outlines Forrester's solution to help security and risk (S&R) leaders develop their road map for Zero Trust network threat mitigation technologies using Forrester's TechRadar™...

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Report:Applying Zero Trust To The Extended Enterprise

Preparing Your Network For Any Device, Anywhere, Any Time

You are part of an extended enterprise — a new extended ecosystem of customers, clouds, service providers, partners, supply chains, and empowered users. The business expects you, the security...

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Report:Build Security Into Your Network's DNA: The Zero Trust Network Architecture

Strategic Plan: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

One of our goals with Zero Trust is to optimize the security architectures and technologies for future flexibility. As we move toward a data-centric world with shifting threats and perimeters, we...

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Report:Know Your Data To Create Actionable Policy

Policy And Procedures: The Data Security And Privacy Playbook

Data defense is the fundamental purpose of information security. To defend your data, there are only four levers you can pull — controlling access, inspecting data usage patterns for abuse,...

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Client Inquiry:How Do You Centrally Manage And Encrypt Data On USB Drives?

We are looking for a solution to centrally manage USB drives for all of our desktops. More specifically, we would want to ensure that data on the USB drive is encrypted. Does Forrester have any...

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Tool:Evaluated Vendors: Product Information And Selection Criteria

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Blog:Go Long On Glue Manufacturers

FLASH TRAFFIC: This just in! The Washington Post is reporting a new wrinkle in cyberwarfare. In the article Defense official discloses cyberattack, the Post reports that “malicious code placed...

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Report:PCI X-Ray: Assessment And Testing Checklist

This checklist is provided as a concise and comprehensive workbook to help organizations deal with the different types of assessments and tests that security and risk professionals must perform to...

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Blog:How To Survive And Thrive At #SXSW If You’re Not From Texas

I’ll be in Austin, TX this weekend to participate in South-by-Southwest Interactive. My panel “Big Data Smackdown on Cybersecurity” will be held Sunday, March 11 from 12:30PM -...