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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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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 -...

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Blog:WikiLeaks And Stratfor Make The Case For More Data Encryption

Yesterday, WikiLeaks released emails taken in the highly-publicized Stratfor data breach. While many of the emails are innocuous, such as accusations regarding a stolen lunch from the company...

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Report:Rethinking DLP: Introducing The Forrester DLP Maturity Grid

Assessment Framework: The Data Security And Privacy Playbook

Data loss prevention or protection (DLP) — depending upon your usage — is both one of the hottest topics and most difficult challenges among information security professionals today. In...

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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...

Client Inquiry:Standard PCI Report Templates

Are there any standard PCI report templates for providing information to my QSA?

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

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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:Simplify Cybersecurity With PCI

Policy And Procedures US Government Spotlight: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

US federal law, specifically the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), requires US federal government agencies to adhere to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

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Client Inquiry:What Are The Most Critical PCI Log Management Requirements?

When it comes to selecting a logging consolidation tool for an enterprise, what are some tips for developing a request for proposal? Based on your experience, what would you single out as the most...

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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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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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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:InfoSec, Structural Engineering, And The Security Architecture Playbook

Last year the country of Japan suffered a devastating disaster of unspeakable proportions. A massive earthquake on the eastern coast of the country triggered a deadly tsunami that caused the flooding...

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

What vendors compete in the enterprise key management market?

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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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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:Lies, Damn Lies, Security Metrics, And Baseball

The legendary British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is said to have noted that “There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.” Much of the technology world is focused on statistics and...

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Report:Control And Protect Sensitive Information In The Era Of Big Data

Future Look: The Data Security And Privacy Playbook

This report outlines the future look of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) executives seeking to develop a holistic strategy to protect and manage sensitive data. In the...

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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: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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