Andras Cser,

Andras Cser

Vice President, Principal Analyst

Andras serves security and risk (S&R) professionals. He is a leading expert on identity and access management (IAM) and leads Forrester’s customer identity and access management (CIAM) coverage, including customer and organizational identity verification, centralized and decentralized authentication, authorization, and self-service.

Andras also covers: 1) cloud security, including cloud-native application protection platforms (CNAPPs), SaaS security posture management (SSPM), and cloud infrastructure platform native security; and 2) financial crimes management, including fraud management, know-your-customer (KYC), and anti-money laundering (AML). He maintains an interest in evaluating the skill sets and core competencies of professional service providers in these spaces.

Budget Planning Guide 2027: Security And Risk Leaders Must Confront The AI Cost Explosion
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Planning Guide Report
July 8th, 2026
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Forrester’s guide to what to invest, divest, experiment with, and avoid in security and risk to contend with technology disruptions as agentic AI and post-quantum migration converge in 2027.

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July 15th, 2026 3:00 PM - 3:40 PM Webinar

Top Cybersecurity Threats In 2026

Uncertainty and change aren’t new for cybersecurity; they are its operating system. Security leaders must now handle a threat landscape influenced by two forces that don’t politely take turns: breakneck AI innovations and geopolitical volatility. This webinar lays out the five threats that will impact security teams the most in 2026: near-autonomous attacks from nation-states, concerns over AI agent threats, non-negotiable AI software supply chains, provenance and IAM risks of AI agents, and digital sovereignty spanning regions and tech stacks. Join this webinar to understand, prioritize, and respond to these threats in 2026.Key takeaways: Explore how advanced AI is reshaping cyber espionage and the defensive strategies organizations must adopt to stay ahead.Learn why organizations need to track and govern autonomous AI agents to prevent unchecked decision-making at scale.Discover critical strategies for safeguarding interconnected AI systems, from vendor transparency to Zero Trust principles.Understand why traditional IAM approaches fall short and how new standards can help secure AI agent identities and activities.Dive into the complexities of sovereign AI solutions and the risks they pose to global tech stacks and regional independence.Target audience level: all levels