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Report:Build A High-Performance Security Organization

Executive Overview: The S&R Practice Playbook

Today, business leaders expect the CISO to not only protect the organization from run-of-the-mill hackers but to also protect its brand and competitive advantage in the marketplace — all while...

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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...

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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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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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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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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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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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Tool:The Forrester Mobile Security And Operations Maturity Model

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Blog:Hurricane Sandy Shows A Dramatic Improvement From Botched Katrina Response

My house sits atop a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean (hence, the neighborhood name of “Beachmont”) and was built sometime in 1890. It’s one of the tallest houses in 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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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...

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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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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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Report:Navigate The Future Of The Security Organization

Future Look: The S&R Practice Playbook

This report outlines the future look 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...

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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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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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Blog:Launching The 6th Annual Forrester & Disaster Recovery Journal Survey

  Each year, Forrester Research and the Disaster Recovery Journal team up to launch a study examining the state of business and technology resiliency. Each year, we focus on a particular...

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Blog:CISOs Must Act As The Glue Between BC, DR, And Security

During the past three years, you may have noticed that security and risk professionals have added a new term to their lexicon – business resiliency. Is this just an attempt by vendors to...

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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: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: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:Enhance Business Technology Resiliency With An Effective Crisis Communication Strategy

Communication: The Business Technology Resiliency Playbook

Year after year, when asked to name the top lessons learned from contingency plan invocations, organizations consistently cite that they underestimated how difficult it would be to communicate...

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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: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: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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