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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: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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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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Report:Five Steps To Build An Effective Threat Intelligence Capability

Tools And Technology: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

Against today's mutating threat landscape and sophisticated cybercriminals, security and risk (S&R) professionals are outgunned and outmatched. The traditional strategy of waiting for an alert and...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security, Q1 2013

Endpoint Security Suites Take Center Stage In The Enterprise

In Forrester's 50 criteria evaluation of endpoint security vendors, we identified nine top providers in the category — F-Secure, IBM, Kaspersky, LANDesk, Lumension, McAfee, Sophos, Symantec,...

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Report:Manage The Risks Of Social Media

Social media is a security and risk nightmare — it's used everywhere, all the time, by everyone both outside and inside your organization. Although social media offers potentially great...

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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: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: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:Understand The State Of Network Security: 2012 To 2013

Benchmarks: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

Throughout the year, Forrester analysts engage in hundreds of discussions with vendors and end users about security architecture and operations. Analysis of B2B survey data from Forrester's...

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Report:Application Control: An Essential Endpoint Security Component

It's no mystery that antivirus (AV) technologies are fighting a losing battle against an increasingly sophisticated malware threat landscape. Attackers often penetrate user endpoints with new malware...

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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:IT Investments Drive Operational Efficiency Across The Middle East's Oil And Gas Sector

The oil and gas sector is the engine of the Middle East's economy and the biggest contributor to the region's GDP. A shortage of talent, increasing volumes of data, remote asset locations, and an...

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Report:Q&A: Cyberinsurance Fundamentals For Security And Risk Professionals

Since cyberinsurance first emerged in the late '90s, the number of available policies, the scope of those policies, and the number of insurers offering them have all significantly increased. Due to...

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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:Decoding The Behavior Of Indian IT Security Buyers

Addressing Organizational Behavior Is Key To Driving Vendor Sales

IT security investments have increased over the past two to three years in India, and security budgets continue to grow. However, Forrester believes that a significant portion of security spending is...

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Report:Defend Your Business From The Mutating Threat Landscape

Business Case: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

We may look back on 2011 and 2012 as the golden age of hacking. In 2011, we saw well-publicized and devastating attacks such as the one that brought down the Sony PlayStation Network (PSN). In 2012,...

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Report:Market Overview: Content Security, Q3 2011

SaaS Values Are Established, And Vendors Move Quickly To Capture Market Share

Content security products enable organizations to protect against email- and web-borne threats, enforce acceptable use policies, and guard against data leak risks. SaaS delivery has been a game...

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Report:Market Overview: Database Security, 2011

Database Security Solutions Mature While The Market Consolidates

Enterprise databases continue to experience growing attacks despite enhanced security processes and increasing database security approaches. Security gaps in solutions persist in intelligent...

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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:Why Enterprise Database Security Strategy Has Become Critical

This presentation discusses database security trends and drivers, current database security challenges, why enterprises should focus on an enterprisewide database security strategy, the three pillars...

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Report:Market Overview: Intrusion Prevention Systems, Q2 2011

A Mature Space, IPS Is Still The Bulwark Of Network Security

An intrusion prevention system (IPS) complements traditional firewalls by inspecting the entire network packet looking for malicious traffic that is often invisible to Layer 3 firewalls. While...

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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:Malware And Trojans And Bots, Oh My!

Stop Chasing Malware Flavor Of The Month, Start Planning Strategically

2010 was an exciting year on the malware calendar — the year that brought us Operation Aurora, Zeus, and Stuxnet. Malware is now a widespread problem for both consumers and businesses. Security...

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Report:Forrsights: The Evolution Of IT Security, 2010 To 2011

Cybersecurity And Services Fuel The Next Phase Of Market Growth

In Q3 2010, Forrester surveyed 2,058 IT security decision-makers at North American and European small businesses and enterprises to gauge the current state and identify the key trends and future...

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