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Transforming Enterprise Networks With AIOps: A New Era Of Intelligent Connectivity

Carlos Casanova October 29, 2024
Learn how AIOps provides real-time contextualization and insights across the IT estate, ensuring that network infrastructure operates at peak efficiency in serving business needs.
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Old Dogs Learn New Tricks — The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024

Carlos Rivera October 7, 2024
Contrary to expectations the enterprise firewall continues to thrive. and vendors have made significant progress in keeping up with rapid innovations. Learn more in this preview of the recently published report, The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024.
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Gone Are The Days Of Networking Infrastructure Choice

Andre Kindness October 1, 2024
One outcome of internal developments or acquisitions is that networking infrastructure choice has evaporated — even if vendors claim otherwise. HPE's recent acquisition of Juniper brings this into focus.
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Predictions 2025: Security And Risk Pros Will Brace For Regulations And Resilience

Cody Scott October 1, 2024
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

Allie Mellen September 30, 2024
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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Don’t Let Another Organization Win Your Forrester 2024 Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award

Amy DeMartine September 16, 2024
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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How Close Are We To Killing Passwords?

What It Means September 5, 2024
Are passwords obsolete or still a necessary evil? In this episode, Vice President and Principal Analyst Andras Cser and Principal Analyst Geoff Cairns describe where we are on the path to passwordless authentication for both enterprise and consumer users.

Jan. 30 Tech & Security Predictions Webinar

Join us to dive into the top 2025 predictions and discover their impact on your tech and security strategies — with exclusive insights from the analysts who conducted the research.

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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Microsegmentation Solutions, Q3 2024

Joseph Blankenship August 29, 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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Invest, Experiment, And Scale Back: Budget Priorities For CISOs In 2025

Jeff Pollard August 1, 2024
The majority of security technology decision-makers anticipate further budget increases in 2025. Learn three key areas for CISOs to focus on in the year ahead in this preview of our 2025 Budget Planning Guide for security leaders.
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Insights From Cisco Live 2024: Splunk Integration, Security (And More Security), And AI Pragmatism

Stephanie Balaouras June 7, 2024
At its recent Cisco Live event, the tech giant made a number of new announcements, detailed plans for its $28 billion Splunk acquisition, and walked through its vision for the future. Get a detailed review in this post.
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Purge Network Myopathy With NAV

Heath Mullins May 16, 2024
What is the definition of network analysis and visibility (NAV) and how does it fit into a Zero Trust framework? This post provides Forrester's definition of NAV and explains why visibility is so vital in today's security environment.
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Forrester’s RSAC 2024 Themes, Takeaways, And Observations

Jeff Pollard May 15, 2024
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.

Ready For These 2025 Tech And Security Shifts?

Step into 2025 with confidence! Explore our predictions for tech and security leaders, featuring key trends in AI, cloud, SDLC, and AIOps you need to know.

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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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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.
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Modernize Your Cloud Governance To Match Today’s Cloud Strategy

Tracy Woo April 17, 2024
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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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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Cisco Is Getting Back Into The Game

Andre Kindness December 21, 2023
Big changes have started to ripple through Cisco as it slims down one of the industry’s largest routing, switching, and wireless product portfolios. Learn more about its updated networking strategy.

Unleash Your Security Genius In Just 3 Days

Join us in Baltimore December 9–11 for our Security & Risk Summit, featuring 30-plus sessions, workshops, keynotes, case studies, and specialized tracks for targeted learning.

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VMware Customers: Brace For Impact

Tracy Woo November 22, 2023
With the VMware-Broadcom deal set for closing, what should you know? Learn five key things VMware customers can expect in the coming years.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platform Providers, Q3 2023

Carlos Rivera October 19, 2023
Get an inside look at some of the highlights and findings from the new Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platform Providers, Q3 2023 report.
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Zero Trust Past, Present, And Future

What It Means October 12, 2023
Zero Trust has evolved since its earliest iterations, but it’s never been more vital than it is today. In this episode, Principal Analyst David Holmes discusses the origins of Zero Trust and its future impact on driving business value.
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