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2023 Security Recommendations: Protect Your Ass(ets) And Lawyer Up

Jeff Pollard March 6, 2023
Forrester recently published Top Recommendations For Your Security Program, 2023 for CISOs and other senior cybersecurity and technology leaders. This year’s overarching theme involves protection (as you might expect) — but not exactly in the way you’d think in the context of security. In 2023, our recommendations fall into three major strategic themes for security […]
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Get A Head Start On The National Cybersecurity Strategy

Jeff Pollard March 2, 2023
This blog outlines Forrester’s existing Security & Risk research to help organizations navigate, manage, and prepare their organizations for the implications of the National Cybersecurity Strategy.

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Attend our predictions webinar on overcoming resource constraints with a focus on resiliency and talent.

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Deciphering Apple’s Recently Announced Data Protection Features

Geoff Cairns December 21, 2022
Earlier this month, Apple announced several important new data protection features for general availability in 2023 that have numerous implications for security teams in all industries and geographies. Here is the Forrester security and risk team’s collective analysis of these new features. Quick Summary The announcement is not particularly noteworthy in terms of the newly […]
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The Role Of Synthetic Data In Expanding AI

What It Means November 17, 2022
As the demand for AI expands, so does the need for relevant data to develop the models that power AI. In this episode, Analyst Rowan Curran describes the role that synthetic data can play in expanding your AI efforts.
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Predictions 2023: Security Pros Face Greater Internal Risks

Heidi Shey October 31, 2022
On top of the usual challenges, in 2023, security pros will see more risk coming from internal forces, such as enabling anywhere work and the future of the office. Learn more in our 2023 predictions.
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European Predictions 2023: Privacy & Security

Paul McKay October 31, 2022
In 2023, the risk function will rise at European organisations, but one major firm will lose employee trust through misuse of tech. Find out more in our 2023 cybersecurity predictions.
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Shape Your 2023 Cybersecurity Priorities For Uncertain Times

As 2023 approaches, security leaders are hard at work planning for the cybersecurity trends headed our way – setting budgets, developing plans, and establishing priorities. Is your plan on track?

Prepare Your Infrastructure For 2023 Change

Get our Predictions 2023 guide to explore the infrastructure shifts driving transformation and resiliency.

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We Are Living In A Serverless World

Janet Worthington September 8, 2022
In that world, security concerns remain. Here's what leaders and teams need to know.
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Redefining Data Security For The Modern Age

Heidi Shey August 30, 2022
Learn how to redefine data security in an age of multicloud, anywhere work, edge computing, and changing privacy regulations.
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New Security & Risk Planning Guide Helps CISOs Set 2023 Priorities

Merritt Maxim August 23, 2022
Which security technologies should be getting the investment in 2023, and which ones should you be scaling back on? Read a few key takeaways from our planning guide for security and risk leaders.
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The State Of Decentralized Digital Identities

Andras Cser August 19, 2022
Learn the value of decentralized digital identities in this preview of Forrester’s Security & Risk event, November 8–9.
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Meta Pixel Fiasco Underscores Why Marketing And Risk Must Work Together

Stephanie Liu August 5, 2022
Marketing and risk share a common goal: building customer trust. By partnering, marketers and S&R pros can use the growing momentum around consumer privacy to grow customer trust.

Shape Your 2023 Cybersecurity Priorities For Uncertain Times

Join us for a planning webinar to learn how you can budget and align your 2023 cybersecurity plans for what’s ahead.

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Competition In The Global Cloud Market Intensifies, And Europe Is Very Much In Focus

Jeffrey Rajamani July 20, 2022
The competition in the global cloud computing market is heating up. Globally, the market is dominated by a handful of US cloud computing giants, along with a couple of Chinese companies and a plethora of much smaller European players. But there is anxiety across Europe. Fears are mounting (rightfully so) that the continent’s digital future […]
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Choose Apple Lockdown Mode, Choose Security

Paddy Harrington July 12, 2022
Users get to make their own choices about security and privacy when using Apple devices, not carriers, application developers, or advertisers.
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NIST PQ: “Lattice” Pick A Winner

Sandy Carielli July 7, 2022
Last week, we wondered if early reports indicating that NIST would announce the winners of its post-quantum cryptography competition would come to fruition anytime soon. Happily, they have. After an evaluation process that began with a call for nominations in 2016 and culled dozens of potential post-quantum (PQ) cryptographic algorithms down to seven finalists and […]
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The Interminable Wait: The NIST Post-Quantum Competition

Sandy Carielli June 29, 2022
While we wait to learn the winners, here's a bit of history.
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Practice Empathy To Reduce Insider Risk

Joseph Blankenship June 15, 2022
Companies announcing layoffs need to pay attention to insider risk. Showing compassion and communicating openly can help.

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Learn the 8 phases of shifting to an AI-first data strategy.  

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Our 2022 Top Recommendations For Your Security Program: CISOs Get An Offer They Can’t Refuse

Jeff Pollard April 6, 2022
The Coppola classic has a few surprising parallels with today's chief information security officer.
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Handling International Data Transfers Is Nothing New — Someone Tell Meta!

Enza Iannopollo March 10, 2022
If, in the world of privacy, I had to pick one topic that never goes out of fashion, it would be managing international transfers of EU personal data. Since the introduction of the EU Data Protection Directive in 1995 and continuing with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies engaging in the storage and/or […]
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Navigate China’s New Data And AI Regulations

Guannan Lu March 3, 2022
Firms often struggle to identify the appropriate security controls and practices to comply with fast-changing data regulations. Here are three practices firms should adapt to keep pace.
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