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Predictions 2025: Security And Risk Pros Will Brace For Regulations And Resilience
With cybercrime expected to cost $12 trillion in 2025, regulators will take a more active role in protecting consumer data while organizations pivot to adopt more proactive security measures to limit material impacts. Find out more in our 2025 predictions for cybersecurity, risk, and privacy.
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Apply For The 2024 Forrester Security & Risk Summit Scholarship Today
Forrester is once again partnering with Women in Security and Privacy to provide free admission to our Security & Risk Summit for four women looking to break into cybersecurity. Learn the details and find out how to apply for the scholarship here.
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CrowdStrike Holds Its Fal.Con Conference As It Tries To Move On From July 19
Here are the top things you need to know coming out of CrowdStrike's recently held Fal.Con user conference, just two months after its config update took down 8.5 million Windows endpoints.
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Don’t Let Another Organization Win Your Forrester 2024 Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award
The Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award recognizes orgs that transformed the security, privacy, and risk management. Learn more about the award and find out how to apply.
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The Biggest Cloud Trends For CISOs
Public cloud may be the major underpinning of enterprise infrastructure strategies, but it comes with risks. Learn the top three cloud trends that CISOs and security leaders need to be aware of in this preview of our upcoming Security & Risk Summit on December 9–11.
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Key Insights And Recommendations From VMware Explore 2024
Get six key takeaways from the annual VMware Explore 2024 conference and find out what they mean for technology leaders.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Microsegmentation Solutions, Q3 2024
Forrester just published the second edition of The Forrester Wave™: Microsegmentation Solutions. Just over two years separates this research from the previous report, and the technological advances over that short time are stunning. The previous evaluation, The Forrester New Wave™: Microsegmentation, Q1 2022, was all about layer 3 microsegmentation in a data center (or private […]
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HPE Seeks To Bolster Its Hybrid Cloud Management Capabilities And Credibility With Morpheus Acquisition
Hewlett Packard Enterprise recently announced an agreement to acquire Morpheus Data, a multicloud management solution. Find out what this means for the two firms and their customers in this blog.
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The 10 Most Important Cloud Trends For 2024
Curious about the top cloud trends in 2024? Learn three of the top 10 cloud trends for 2024 in this preview of a new report.
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Learnings From The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Cost Management And Optimization Solutions, Q3 2024
At long last, The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Cost Management And Optimization [CCMO] Solutions, Q3 2024 is published! This process is incredibly long and thorough. We go through hours-long briefings and customer calls and perform multiple iterations on scoring; the vendors go through the same. They put in many hours setting up customer references, product demonstrations, […]
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Fortinet Acquires Lacework
After a previous sale fell through, Fortinet has announced the acquisition of Lacework for an undisclosed amount, catching some customers by surprise. Get a detailed analysis of the deal including side-by-side product comparisons in this post.
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Adoption Of Cisco’s Hypershield Will Depend On AI And Security Tooling Coexistence
Cisco recently announced a new network and cloud security platform, called Hypershield. Find out what benefits it provides and why organizations should pay close attention to its development going forward.
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Cloud Detection And Response Tools Do Not Exist
Cloud detection and response is not a market category — it is a feature of existing cloud tools. Get a formal definition and more in this post previewing a new report.
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Cloud Security Provider Wiz Raises $1B In VC Funding, Passes On Lacework Acquisition
Wiz (founded in 2020) announced a new VC funding round of $1 billion at a post-money valuation of $12 billion. Wiz has cumulatively raised $1.8 billion in venture capital, is generating over $350 million in annual recurring revenue, and is on an upward trajectory toward a likely IPO in 2025. This signals high investor confidence […]
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With Selipsky Out, What’s Next For AWS?
AWS announced this week that Adam Selipsky will depart as CEO and Matt Garman, AWS senior VP of sales and marketing, would replace him in June. Find out what the implications of this move could be at a critical time for AWS and the broader cloud market overall.
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Forrester’s RSAC 2024 Themes, Takeaways, And Observations
More than 41,000 attendees, 600 exhibitors, and 425 sessions. Get some of the key themes and takeaways from the Forrester security & risk analysts who attended RSA Conference (RSAC) 2024.
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Top Cybersecurity Threats In 2024
In today’s cybersecurity environment, threat detection is key. In this episode, Principal Analyst Brian Wrozek and Senior Analyst Janet Worthington discuss the top five cybersecurity threats in 2024 and how organizations can protect themselves.
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Announcing Forrester’s Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award
We have opened the call for our annual Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award. This award recognizes organizations that have transformed the security, privacy, and risk management functions into capabilities that fuel long-term success. Learn more about the award and how to apply.
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Wiz Acquires Cloud Detection And Response Specialist Gem Security To Round Out Cloud Security Portfolio
Recently, Wiz announced the acquisition of cloud detection and response vendor Gem Security. Learn how this move aligns with Wiz’s plan to build a comprehensive cloud security portfolio and accelerate product innovation.
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Modernize Your Cloud Governance To Match Today’s Cloud Strategy
As the cloud landscape adapts to new changes, there is a renewed interest in cloud governance programs. But implementation of cloud governance may prove to be more difficult than expected. Find out why.
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