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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Introducing Forrester's 2013 Data Privacy Heat Map

To help security and risk professionals navigate the complex landscape of privacy laws around the world, Forrester created a data privacy heat map that highlights the data protection guidelines and...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Develop A Two-Phased DDoS Mitigation Strategy

Protect Yourself From Hacktivists And Other Cybercriminals

Until recently, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks had been part of infosec lore: something you heard about but rarely experienced. With the rise of hacktivist groups and other...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:What You Must Know About Data Privacy Regulations In Asia Pacific

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)...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Five Seismic Forces Reshuffle The Workforce Vendor Ecosystem

Landscape: The Workforce Enablement Playbook

2012 brought a tectonic shift in worker technology requirements. Many more employees now purchase their own devices, bring them to work, and use them to conduct personal and professional activities...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Determine The Value Of Information Security Assets And Liabilities — Information Security Economics 102

This is the second in a series of reports providing guidance and new methods for the financial management of information security. The CISO's role is rapidly changing. A few years ago the CISO for...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:The Forrester Wave™: E-Signatures, Q2 2013

Electronic signatures are gaining momentum and becoming an increasingly popular topic of inquiries by Forrester clients. In retrospect, today's e-signature users will be seen as early adopters...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Stop Assessing Geographies And Suppliers Separately

Clients Should Use Forrester's Vendor Viability Index To Optimize The Alternative Geography Supplier Selection Process

As more companies expand their use of global delivery models, assessing the risk of potential countries and cities is crucial. Traditional approaches to location analysis have typically comprised...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Five Trends Are Changing Records Management Technologies And Practices

What Enterprise Architects Need To Know About The Shift From Records Management To Information Governance

Despite two decades of electronic records management (RM) evolution, fewer than 10% of enterprises admit to high levels of confidence in their approach to the governance of digital information. The...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Incident Response Teams

Assessment: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

Given the continued metastasizing of the threat landscape, it comes as no surprise that enterprises should possess mature incident response capabilities that are built on staff, augmented by...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Managing Information Security In BYOT Environments In Asia Pacific

I&O Professionals Need The Right Policies, Technologies, And Skills To Secure Enterprise Data

Employees are rapidly embracing personal devices, consumer software, and public cloud services for work to increase personal productivity and efficiency, a trend that Forrester refers to as...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Answer Five Questions When Selecting A Cloud Collaboration And Productivity Suite

A Buyer's Guide For Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps For Business, And IBM SmartCloud For Social Business

Over the past two years, Forrester clients have shown great interest in the cloud collaboration and productivity suites Microsoft, Google, and IBM offer: We've fielded more than 150 inquiries on this...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

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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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Mobile Solution Architecture: User Authentication Is The Foundation Of Mobile Trust

Start Small And Keep An Eye On The Breadth Of Your Future Mobile Scenarios

User authentication is a key foundation of security for mobile apps — as it is for application security in general. Determining which authentication approach to use for your mobile solution...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

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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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Reinvent Security Awareness To Engage The Human Firewall

Change Management: The S&R Practice Playbook

For too long, creating security awareness has been an afterthought, something CISOs did in their spare time after putting out the operational fires that sprang up around them with alarming...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

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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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:The 15 Most Important Questions To Ask Your Cloud Identity And Access Management Provider

During the past three years, cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solutions have become a viable and cost-effective alternative to on-premises, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), or...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:API Management For Security Pros

Security professionals increasingly must respond to the needs of business owners exploring web application programming interfaces (APIs) as a new channel for recognizing business value. APIs can...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

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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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Simplify Identity And Access Management Processes To Reduce Costs, Increase Business Efficiency, And Make Users Happy

Policy And Procedures: The Identity And Access Management Playbook

This report outlines the process and procedures of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) professionals looking to build their identity and access management (IAM) strategy. S&R...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:How To Successfully Set Up IT Infrastructure For Your Business In China

For the thousands of foreign companies that establish business operations in China every year, one of the first things on their to-do lists is setting up IT infrastructure, including horizontal and...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:2013 Forrester Mobile Security Predictions

The mobile market is evolving rapidly. Both the consumer and enterprise markets are experiencing major changes. Room exists for new innovations as well as for established players to develop new...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Inquiry Spotlight: Consumer-Facing Identity, Q4 2012 To Q1 2013

The challenges of consumer-facing identity management, access management, and authentication differ in ways subtle and dramatic from those of the employee-facing variety. In fact, several vendors in...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:Prepare For A World Of Consumer-Managed Data

Executive Overview: The Personal Identity Management Playbook

Amid the talk of big data and personal clouds, another important trend is emerging: Consumers are increasingly aware of the data they create as they move about the Web and engage with businesses and...

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For Customer Insights Professionals

Report:Building Data Stewardship Is A New Customer Intelligence Imperative

Organization: The Personal Identity Management Playbook

In anticipation of the increasing adoption of personal identity management (PIDM) tools and services, customer intelligence (CI) leaders will be held increasingly accountable for their organizations'...

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