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Global Cybersecurity Spending To Exceed $300B By 2029

Merritt Maxim 5 days ago
Despite the ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty in 2025, cybersecurity spending will rise by 13.1% this year to $174.8 billion, driven by ongoing concerns around cyberattacks and the need to secure new cloud-based deployments. Find out more in our cybersecurity spending forecast.
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How To Build AI Red Teams That Actually Work

Jeff Pollard September 30, 2025
AI red teaming blends offensive security tactics with safety evaluations for bias, toxicity, and reputational harm. It’s messy, fragmented and, most of all, necessary. Get six tips to get started on an AI red team that actually works in this preview of our upcoming Security & Risk Summit.

Lead A Security Org That Performs, Scales, And Thrives

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Minimum Viable Sovereignty: A Smarter Path For Tech Leaders

Dario Maisto September 29, 2025
Sovereignty is no longer optional. Geopolitical tensions, tariffs, and regulatory pressures have made digital sovereignty a permanent concern for tech leaders. But chasing full sovereignty across your IT stack can lead to decision paralysis, ballooning costs, and operational complexity. Instead, organizations should aim for what Forrester calls minimum viable sovereignty — a pragmatic, risk-based approach […]
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CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2025: Flexing Into The Agentic AI Age

Jitin Shabadu September 24, 2025
CrowdStrike held its Fal.Con 2025 conference recently and not surprisingly for a cybersecurity vendor event in 2025, AI dominated. Get our highlights and key takeaways here.
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Tencent Targets Overseas Markets With Its TCE Sovereign Cloud Offering

Dario Maisto September 23, 2025
Find out more about Tencent’s sovereign cloud solution, Tencent Cloud Enterprise, which it is using to pursue overseas business expansion.
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Securing AI’s M&A Feeding Frenzy Is On

Jeff Pollard September 22, 2025
The cybersecurity industry is in the middle of a land grab as AI security M&A heats up. In just 18 months, eight major vendors — including Check Point, Cisco, CrowdStrike, F5, and Palo Alto Networks — have spent upwards of $2.0 billion acquiring startups focused on securing enterprise AI. AI for security is already poised to disrupt […]
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Splunk .conf25: Cisco, AI, And Data

Allie Mellen September 15, 2025
The 10th annual Splunk .conf took place in Boston recently. From the opening keynote to various new product releases and enhancements, get a full review of the event in this post.

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Virtual Roundtable: Forrester’s Technology & Security Summit Sneak Peek

Watch the replay our our virtual roundtable to get a first look at the insights behind our upcoming Technology & Innovation and Security & Risk Summits!
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Black Hat 2025: Troop Forrester Goes To Hacker Summer Camp

James Plouffe August 13, 2025
2025 marks the 28th year of Black Hat, and although it remains on the edgier side of corporate-focused cybersecurity conferences, it sometimes feels like the event is considering completely ditching its hoodie in favor of a collared shirt.
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Navigating The Geopolitical Cloud: ASEAN’s Diverse Approach To Digital Sovereignty

Sam Higgins August 12, 2025
What we’re now observing in Southeast Asia is a more nuanced and strategically driven “diverse cloud” approach that directly addresses concerns around US foreign policy uncertainty and the imperative for localized data control.
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From Digital Sovereignty Platforms To Sovereign Cloud Platforms: Three Reasons For A Title Change

Dario Maisto August 11, 2025
Learn how increased complexity and additional market factors led us to rethink the title of our upcoming Forrester Landscape report on digital sovereignty platforms
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Introducing AEGIS — The Guardrails That CISOs Need For The Agentic Enterprise

Jeff Pollard August 4, 2025
AI agents aren’t coming — they’re already here. And they’re not waiting for your security architecture to catch up. Learn how Forrester's new AEGIS framework can help CISOs secure, govern, and manage AI agents and agentic infrastructure.

Master Risk And Lead Through Uncertainty

Attend our Security & Risk Summit to get insider access to frameworks and tools that help security professionals navigate AI attacks, understand quantum risks, and redefine resilience.

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Master Risk And Conquer Chaos At Forrester’s Security & Risk Summit

Amy DeMartine July 31, 2025
For leaders in security, risk, and privacy, this year has been different, with a new level of volatility fueled by geopolitics, new regulatory hurdles, relentless AI disruption, and looming quantum threats. Learn how Forrester’s Security & Risk Summit 2025 can empower you to stay ahead of the chaos, take the right risks, and secure your organization.
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Palo Alto Networks Enters The Identity Security Market With $25B Purchase Of CyberArk

Allie Mellen July 31, 2025
The third-largest cybersecurity M&A deal in history makes sense in some respects, but the track record on mega security and identity tie-ups is incomplete and unproven.
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Google Cloud And Oracle Aggressively Discount To Keep US Federal Business

Tracy Woo July 24, 2025
Both Google Cloud and Oracle announced massive price reductions in their contracts under pressure from the General Services Administration, which oversees federal procurement. Learn more about the specifics and the implications of this shift.
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Security Planning 2026: Budget To Manage Volatility, Seize Opportunities, And Avoid Threats

Jess Burn July 15, 2025
Security and risk leaders face an uncertain road ahead in 2026. Wild market swings, geopolitical tensions, and increased cybersecurity threats mean that security and risk leaders must build resilient plans and make bold moves to turn volatility into opportunity. Learn how our Budget Planning Guide for security and risk leaders can help.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025 — Choosing A Platform Solution For Your Zero Trust Journey

Carlos Rivera July 10, 2025
The latest edition of our Zero Trust platform vendor evaluation, The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025, published today. It highlights how this market continues to improve upon delivering unified solutions that help simplify and operationalize Zero Trust for organizations. Beginning with The Zero Trust Platforms Landscape, Q1 2025, we researched major players in […]
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What International Customers Should Know About Microsoft’s Sovereign Cloud Offerings

Dario Maisto June 30, 2025
Given the increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, Microsoft customers are requesting more details on the company’s digital sovereignty posture. Consequently, Microsoft has now updated its sovereign cloud offerings to include details for Sovereign Public Cloud, Sovereign Private Cloud, and National Partner Cloud. Find out what this means and how it may impact your strategy in this post.
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AWS re:Inforce 2025 — Heavy On User Experience Enhancements, Light On The GenAI Hype

Allie Mellen June 25, 2025
This year's AWS re:Inforce event included a big announcement and revealed other security-related enhancements. Read our top takeaways.
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Zscaler Snatches Up Red Canary: The Good, The Bad, And The Concerning

Jeff Pollard May 28, 2025
Find out what Zscaler's acquisition of Red Canary could mean for the cybersecurity market as a whole as well as for security leaders and their teams.
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