Alla Valente

RSAC is the largest cybersecurity conference in the world. Leaders and practitioners across all sectors come together to tackle challenges, all under the maxim of “managing risk.” But what does “risk” actually mean at a security conference? Is it a mythical pursuit? Marketing buzzword? Or generic substitute for “the thing we need to detect/prevent/remediate”? RSAC […]

RSAC Conference 2025 featured the 20th annual Innovation Sandbox competition. Learn more about the entrants and results in this review of the event.

From live goats and puppies to robot dogs and animal costumes, the RSAC Conference 2025 delivered some unexpected surprises. But it also delivered the usual insight into various trends in the security market today. Find out more in this RSAC review.

The recent introduction of US-imposed tariffs has shaken global trade. While economists and financial analysts debate whether this on-again/off-again trade war fits into their model for geopolitical, economic, or supply chain risks, the result is the same: uncertainty and chaos sure to shake up business strategy for the foreseeable future. This new era of volatility […]

While business volatility tests resilience, it also creates opportunities. Learn three ways to make your risk management efforts more targeted and effective.

Litigation has become the default method for companies to resolve disagreements, force accountability, and establish recourse for everything from breach-related failures to contractual disagreements. A recent lawsuit filed by VMware (now owned by Broadcom) against its customer, Siemens’ US operations, for alleged use of unlicensed software is not unique and should serve as a stark […]

Prioritize Foundational Elements Over Decorative Accessories Our springtime urge to clean, redecorate, and renovate has a biological explanation. Turns out that spring’s increased hours of daylight lower our body’s production of melatonin (the hormone that makes you sleepy), which leads to regained energy and inspiration to clean our living environments. For security and risk pros, […]

In under two months of 2025, organizations face a battery of changing regulations, new tariffs, and economic uncertainty … all while trying to stay competitive, remain resilient, and execute on their AI strategy. Here’s the good news: How well your organization deals with risk, crisis, and operations opportunity will largely depend on … you guessed […]

Couldn’t make the recent webinar covering our 2025 technology and security predictions? Check out the webinar replay and read our analysts’ responses to some of the most pressing attendee questions about the year ahead.

Get the highlights from the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Global Risks Report and find out what it means for global risk leaders.

Forrester's security and risk research team breaks down the key highlights and implications of former US President Joe Biden’s 2025 Executive Order (EO) 14144 on strengthening security, improving accountability for software and cloud service providers, and promoting innovation, including use of emerging technologies.

Learn how the Forrester Continuous Risk Management Model can replace outdated risk management methods in this preview of a session at the upcoming Security & Risk Summit.

Angesichts der Erwartung, dass Cyberkriminalität im Jahr 2025 Kosten von 12 Billionen US-Dollar verursachen wird, werden die Aufsichtsbehörden eine aktivere Rolle beim Schutz von Verbraucherdaten übernehmen, während die Unternehmen proaktivere Sicherheitsmaßnahmen vorantreiben, um materielle Auswirkungen zu begrenzen. Erfahren Sie mehr in unseren Prognosen für das Jahr 2025 zu Cybersicherheit, Risiken und Datenschutz.

It’s been a banner year for healthcare, and not in a good way. As a healthcare provider, if your patients had trouble filling a prescription, if you struggled to submit claims to generate much-needed revenue, or if you had to ask a patient to reschedule a non-essential medical procedure, your organization has been a victim of healthcare concentration risk.

A recent study by the American Medical Association (AMA) noted that just four firms dominate 70% of the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry, a textbook definition of an oligopoly. Learn more about what's driving this trend and what the impact could be.

As a former hockey mom, I assure you that there is nothing quite as pungent as a travel-team hockey bag. Adolescent sweat, steamy equipment, and skates with remnants of ice all shoved into a giant bag with no ventilation makes for a breeding ground for fungus and bacteria. But ask any player, coach, or hockey […]

As global interconnectedness exponentially increases the number of commercial and business relationships between organizations, the speed of innovation is also reshaping how they operate. In other words, for an organization to execute on its generative AI (genAI) strategy (and for the record, the absence of a genAI strategy is a genAI strategy), they’ll need to […]

Crises such as the one triggered by CrowdStrike's global outage shine a bright light on many aspects of business and technology. Our new report provides a thorough overview of recommended actions for tech leaders as they face the unfolding long-term repercussions.

Technology leaders woke up this morning to find that a software update by cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike had gone badly wrong. Get updates on the steps that your organization should take now and in the long term as a result of the CrowdStrike outage.