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Enhance Your Security Operations Practice With Agile And Detection Engineering
Get a deep dive on detection engineering in security operations. Hear Forrester advice on best practices and the use of detection–as–code.
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The State Of Data Security, 2023
Learn some of the key data security trends of the year including the causes of breaches, types of data being compromised, and post-breach effects and impact.
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2003 Called, And It Doesn’t Want Its Email Security Appliances Back
Email security appliances have come a long way in the past 20 years. Learn the benefits of cloud-delivered email security.
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Rubrik Acquires Laminar: Data Resilience And Security Join Forces
As security threats increase, data protection and security practices continue to merge. Data resilience firm Rubrik recently announced its acquisition of Laminar, a data security posture management (DSPM) vendor. Together, they aim to enable consistent and unified data security posture visibility that spans on-premises and cloud-based environments. Modern Data Resilience Is Increasingly A Cybersecurity Issue […]
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Seize The Opportunity: The Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award 2023
Last month, Forrester announced its inaugural Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award. As former CISOs, my Forrester colleague Brian Wrozek and I are sharing our thoughts about why you should apply. There are tangible benefits to you, your team, your organization, and the greater security community. You should apply — and apply now — for […]
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Black Hat USA 2023: Insights From Our Short Vegas Residency
Black Hat USA 2023: Insights From Our Short Vegas Residency Black Hat has gone from being RSAC’s smaller tech and practitioner-focused cousin to being a commercial showcase for cybersecurity vendors. A tightly packed, noisy Business Hall included over 300 vendors and 400 organizations with booths, which was great for swag but bad for anyone with […]
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Making Reality Unreal: Five Deepfake Scams That Imperil Enterprises In 2023
While it might seem like generative AI is the only use case for AI around today, just a few years ago, deepfakes wore the mantle for attention and hype in the AI universe. That’s fallen off considerably today, but we will likely see a resurgence in interest based on attacks using deepfakes to scam and […]
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Announcing Forrester’s Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award
Forrester is thrilled to announce its inaugural Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award, which will recognize security organizations that have transformed the security, privacy, and risk management functions to fuel long-term success. Learn how to apply here.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection And Response, Q2 2023
The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection And Response (MDR), Q2 2023 is live! The MDR market continues to redefine what it means to offer a successful security service with high client satisfaction and retention rates and, as a result, extraordinary growth rates. For now, no single vendor dominates the MDR market, but providers bringing endpoint detection […]
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The Economic Apocalypse Won’t Stop The Demand For Security Skills
European CISOs are facing headwinds in geopolitics and workforce retention. Making wise decisions is crucial in such turbulent times, which puts additional pressures on security pros. In our analysis of Forrester’s Security Survey results, we found that: While tech layoffs dominate the headlines, cybersecurity hiring remains strong. In 2022, Twitter, Meta, and Amazon were at […]
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Cybersecurity Firms Aren’t Immune To The Economic Downturn
Last week, Forrester published its first report on what cybersecurity vendors’ quarterly earnings mean for technology executives. This research involved analysis of earnings calls from 10 publicly listed cybersecurity service providers. This information showcases existing trends and strategies and hopefully saves you some time by highlighting the most important interpretations. Even though most cybersecurity vendors’ […]
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Generative AI Goes Mainstream In Security With Microsoft Security Copilot
Typically, security is late to the game with technology innovation. Before we get to see innovative technology, we have to wait for it to matter to security. This time, however, is different. In January, we predicted how the announcement of ChatGPT could change cybersecurity, and today, our predictions were validated again with the announcement of […]
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2023 Security Recommendations: Protect Your Ass(ets) And Lawyer Up
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
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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Five Reasons Why CISOs Should Report To CEOs
Cybersecurity problems won’t disappear, but CISOs who are elevated in the organization run better cybersecurity programs.
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Cybersecurity Risk Dashboards: No Value, Extreme Liability
Over the last 12 months, “risk dashboards” became all the rage in cybersecurity, with varied titles such as “risk index,” “security baseline,” “security posture,” and “risk posture.” These dashboards appear in a vendor’s user interface and purport to help security programs improve. Some even offer coveted “benchmark data” that leaders can share with boards and […]
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Meet The New EMEA Cybersecurity Analyst
Meet Tope Olufon, the new analyst covering cybersecurity in EMEA.
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Predictions 2023: Security Pros Face Greater Internal Risks
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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Cyber Grant Program Is Welcome News For Small Governments
Local governments have become frequent targets of cyber attacks, and funding and planning for preventing for more attacks have been left largely to the local level. A new initiative is changing that.
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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?
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