Jeff Pollard,

Jeff Pollard

VP, Principal Analyst

Jeff primarily contributes to Forrester's offerings for security and risk professionals. He leads Forrester’s research on the role of the CISO, specializing in topics related to security strategy, budgets, metrics, business cases, and presenting to the board. His research also includes security services, featuring global coverage of managed security services, professional security services, and security-as-a-service. Jeff also takes an active role in Forrester’s forward-looking research on security innovation, the security market, and security predictions.

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September 24th, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Webinar

Introducing Forrester’s AEGIS Framework: Agentic AI Enterprise Guardrails For Information Security

Organizations are moving quickly to embrace agentic AI for a myriad of use cases. Agentic AI, however, introduces cybersecurity challenges that traditional security frameworks and approaches can’t adequately address. Agentic technologies shift cybersecurity paradigms by promoting emergent behaviors to meet objectives, making it essential for security leaders to control intent at scale. As these technologies spread across organizations, establishing enterprise guardrails is critical for secure deployment.This webinar explores the unique cybersecurity challenges posed by agentic AI and strategies to effectively address them. The session will introduce Forrester’s AEGIS Framework, a comprehensive security model based on six domains: governance, identity and access management, data security, application security, threat management, and Zero Trust architecture principles. Attendees will learn best practices for securing agentic AI, emphasizing phased processes, human oversight, “least agency” principles, and dynamic security adjustments as AI systems evolve.Key takeaways: Why securing agentic AI is a challenge security teams must address nowHow the AEGIS framework helps security leaders secure agentic AIWhy intent is as important as outcomesWhat the core principles of securing agentic AI areHow to implement and mature AEGIS in a phased approachTarget audience level: intermediate