data security

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.

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.

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?

In that world, security concerns remain. Here's what leaders and teams need to know.

Learn how to redefine data security in an age of multicloud, anywhere work, edge computing, and changing privacy regulations.

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.

Learn the value of decentralized digital identities in this preview of Forrester’s Security & Risk event, November 8–9.

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.

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 […]

Users get to make their own choices about security and privacy when using Apple devices, not carriers, application developers, or advertisers.

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 […]

While we wait to learn the winners, here's a bit of history.

Companies announcing layoffs need to pay attention to insider risk. Showing compassion and communicating openly can help.

The Coppola classic has a few surprising parallels with today's chief information security officer.

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 […]

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.

In its quest to add to its Zero Trust edge (ZTE), also known as secure access service edge (SASE), portfolio, Forcepoint acquired cloud security gateway (CSG), also known as cloud access security broker (CASB), provider Bitglass for a Forrester-estimated $200-300 million last week. Beyond the usual criteria (ability to retain marketing and development talent of Bitglass), […]

Biometric data use is at a crossroads. Consumers love the convenience it provides but have privacy concerns. In this episode, VP, Research Director Merritt Maxim and VP, Principal Analyst Andras Cser dive into the benefits and risks of biometric data.