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IBM Surrenders SIEM While PANW Tries To Gain Ground On Tech Titans

Allie Mellen 3 hours ago
In a busy week for SIEMs to be merged or divested, Palo Alto Networks (PANW) announced that it’s acquiring IBM’s QRadar SaaS business and migrating those customers to its Cortex® XSIAM® platform. In addition, PANW gets QRadar intellectual property rights as part of the deal. This makes IBM the second legacy SIEM player (the other […]
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Opposites Attract: LogRhythm And Exabeam To Merge

Allie Mellen 1 day ago
LogRhythm and Exabeam announced their intent to merge, representing another big change for the security analytics platform market. Find out what's driving the merger and what the implications could be.

Conquer Your GenAI Security, Risk & Privacy Fears

Learn how to identify and manage enterprise genAI risk across models, APIs, and applications — and follow paths to secure, trusted adoption.

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Forrester’s RSAC 2024 Themes, Takeaways, And Observations

Jeff Pollard 1 day ago
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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Crashing Through The Walls Of Your Enterprise, Modern Cars Are Leaving Security Gaps

Paddy Harrington 2 days ago
As organizations implement more security controls on existing applications and devices, attackers are looking for the next target of opportunity. Lax security makes connected vehicles a new vector of potential compromise. Learn more in this preview of a new report.
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Top Cybersecurity Threats In 2024

What It Means May 2, 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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My Prediction For The 2024 RSA Conference: Proactive Security Will Dominate Use Cases

Erik Nost May 1, 2024
While no trip to the RSA Conference is complete without seeing what security vendors are up to, this year, expect to be asked an intriguing question: “How proactive are you?” Find out why this will be such a popular question in this post.
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Announcing Forrester’s Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award

Stephanie Balaouras May 1, 2024
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.

60% Of Skeptics Will Use (And Love!) GenAI

Surprised? Download Forrester’s 2024 Predictions guide to see why progress will be driven by exploration — and 14 other global predictions on AI, privacy, B2B buyers, hybrid work, and more.

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Choosing The Best Security Conferences For Your Team

Jeff Pollard April 30, 2024
Struggling to decide which security conferences to attend? To help you make an informed choice as conference season approaches, Forrester analyzed the content of eight leading security conferences from 2018 to 2023. Get a preview of that analysis here.
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Generative AI Will Not Fulfill Your Autonomous SOC Hopes (Or Even Your Demo Dreams)

Allie Mellen April 22, 2024
It’s easy to trust generative AI implementations because of how human they feel. But when it comes to security, there are still some fundamental challenges to overcome with genAI. Learn more about those challenges in this post.
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Five Things You Should Know About Burnout In Cybersecurity But Probably Don’t

Jinan Budge April 18, 2024
The cybersecurity industry continues to focus almost exclusively on technology at the expense of dealing with the heart of cyberdefenses: the people. Yet the stress of expectations, limited resources, and detriments to well-being continues to cause havoc with the mental and physical health, productivity, and retention of the cybersecurity workforce.
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Wiz Acquires Cloud Detection And Response Specialist Gem Security To Round Out Cloud Security Portfolio

Andras Cser April 18, 2024
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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The New Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Role Balances AI Champion And Risk Manager

Alla Valente April 3, 2024
US federal agencies must now have a chief artificial intelligence officer responsible for operationalizing the safe use of AI. Learn more about this move and the implications in this blog post.

Strenthen Security Operations With Agile SecOps

Read this report to learn how to apply agile software development lifecycle practices (SDLC) to detection and response to create engineering-driven detection operations.

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GenAI: GRC Enters Accelerator Era, And Not A Minute Too Soon!

Alla Valente April 2, 2024
Generative AI offers an opportunity for risk management to reinvent itself from the department of “no” to the discipline of “go.” Find out how in this blog post.
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Travel And Mobile Are Driving Decentralized Digital Identity (DDID) Growth

Andras Cser March 28, 2024
Recently, SITA, the multinational IT company supporting the air travel industry, announced that it would be the lead investor in the Series A funding for Indicio, a decentralized digital identity (DDID) solution provider. Find out what this means for the evolution of DDID.
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An Actual Complete List Of SOC Metrics (And Your Path To DIY)

Allie Mellen March 26, 2024
Strategic, operational, or tactical. What core metrics does SecOps need to track? Get a detailed response to this pressing question in a preview of two new reports on SOC metrics.
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Cisco Live EMEA 2024: Yes, AI Was Everywhere, And So Was A Surprising Amount of Innovation

Madelein van der Hout March 26, 2024
Cisco Live EMEA 2024 was a different event than past years and provided some pleasant surprises. Read our key takeaways from the event based on presentations and personal interactions with some Cisco executives.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Workforce Identity Platforms, Q1 2024

Geoff Cairns March 25, 2024
Last Wednesday, we released The Forrester Wave™: Workforce Identity Platforms, Q1 2024. We looked at the top 12 vendors in the market and evaluated them across 24 criteria. Workforce identity platforms energize a centripetal (inward) force necessary to combat the centrifugal (outward) forces that challenge identity and access management (IAM) deployments in organizations today. These […]
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Forrester’s Not-So-TayTay Southeast Asia Cybersecurity Trends Roundtable Tour

Jinan Budge March 24, 2024
Get six key learnings about Southeast Asia cybersecurity trends and challenges following a series of roundtables with CISOs and security leaders in the region.
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Key Learnings From The First-Ever Forrester Wave™ On Security Service Edge Solutions

David Holmes March 21, 2024
Get a preview of Forrester's first-ever Wave for Security Service Edge Solutions evaluating the 11 most important vendors in this space.
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Get Ready For Takeoff: Microsoft Copilot For Security

Jeff Pollard March 13, 2024
Microsoft announced the launch date of Copilot for Security. Find out what this means for security professionals and how you can prepare.
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