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• Report The State Of Data Security And Privacy: 2018 To 2019

  December 5, 2018 | Heidi Shey, Enza Iannopollo

  This data-driven report outlines budgeting and spending, technology adoption plans, and other key breach, data protection, and privacy trends in global firms for 2018 through 2019. Understanding...

• Report Reinvent Security Awareness To Engage The Human Firewall

  December 17, 2014 | Nick Hayes

  The human element is one of the most critical aspects of your security program, yet it's often the most neglected. Many security leaders prioritize other projects and see little value in the...

• Report Enforce A Just Culture To Fortify The Human Firewall

  Transform Impotent Policies Into The Foundation Of Your Security Program

  April 24, 2014 | Andrew Rose

  In the continually changing landscape of internal and external security threats, S&R professionals must constantly assess the efficacy of their security programs. Although policy is at the core of...

• Report Executive Spotlight: How CISOs Can Meet (And Surpass) The CIO's Expectations

  Planning The Journey From Safe Pair Of Hands To Trusted Advisor

  February 19, 2014 | Andrew Rose, Alastair Behenna

  Next-generation CIOs and their teams face the challenge of fulfilling consumer expectations and the demands of digital natives while still meeting appropriate budgetary, governance, and performance...

• Report Executive Spotlight: Selling Security To The CMO

  An Outline Of CMO Priorities, And The Five Questions Every CISO Should Ask The CMO

  January 9, 2014 | Andrew Rose

  The age of the customer is redefining business challenges for organizations of all types. Rather than paying lip service to "customer care," they now must become "customer-obsessed" to retain...

• Report Create And Manage An Effective Security Governance Board

  September 4, 2013 | Andrew Rose

  Over the past few years, regulation, compliance, and an escalating threat landscape gradually pushed information security to mature into a formal discipline, and these drivers encouraged CISOs to...

• Report Build A Strategic Security Program And Organization

  April 12, 2013 | Andrew Rose

  This report outlines Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) professionals looking to build a high-performance security program and organization. This report is designed to help S&R execs...

• Report Forrsights: The New IT Security Buyer Landscape

  Success Requires Vendors To Change Features, Positioning, And Sales Enablement

  February 17, 2012 | Stephanie Balaouras, Heidi Shey

  Despite the recent spate of high-profile security breaches, many chief information security officers (CISOs) find themselves marginalized by their peers and disconnected from their business's...

• Report Navigate The Future Of The Security Organization

  February 14, 2012 | Stephanie Balaouras, Andrew Rose

  This report outlines Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) executives working on building a high-performance security program and organization. This report is designed to help you...

• Report Don't Bore Your Executives — Speak To Them In A Language That They Understand

  Seven Critical Executive-Level Metrics For CISOs And The Business

  July 18, 2011 | Ed Ferrara

  The ability to communicate effectively has always been a core competency for any business executive, and today's chief information security officer (CISO) is fast becoming a business executive. The...

• Report Twelve Recommendations For Your 2011 Security Strategy

  Governance, Maturity, And Analytics Are The Major Themes For 2011

  December 3, 2010 | Khalid Kark

  Every winter Forrester outlines 12 important recommendations for your security strategy for the coming year. We base these recommendations on hundreds of client inquiries, numerous consulting...

• Report Securing An Empowered Organization

  An Empowered Report: Run At The Threat, Shape The Future Of Your Company

  October 29, 2010 | Chenxi Wang

  Employees are provisioning themselves with consumer and cloud technology. Forrester's study of US information workers reveals that 37% are doing something with technology without permission. And...

• Report CISO Handbook: Ten Tips For Building A Successful Security Steering Committee

  October 4, 2010 | Khalid Kark

  As information security matures into a formal discipline, it needs formal governance mechanisms. Over the past 12 months, Forrester has seen increased interest and activity in establishing security...

• Report The New Threat Landscape: Proceed With Caution

  Understand The New Threat Paradigm To Make Your Responses More Effective

  August 13, 2010 | Khalid Kark

  The information security threat landscape is changing rapidly, and many security organizations are struggling to keep up with the changing nature, complexity, and scale of attacks. Not only is it...

• Report Security Organization Trends 2010

  February 4, 2010 | Khalid Kark, Jonathan Penn

  The scope of IT security continues to expand, and with it the visibility of the security organization is rising. Most security organizations now regularly engage with executives and business...

• Report Privacy Policies And Drivers 2008

  April 9, 2009 | Christopher McClean

  Privacy programs in North America and Europe typically include policies for protecting corporate intellectual property and sensitive data. Although government regulation is by far the biggest...

• Report SMBs Struggle To Keep Pace With IT Security

  The State Of SMB IT Security: 2008 To 2009

  January 29, 2009 | Simon Yates

  Forrester's recent security survey of North American and European SMBs provides some insight into the current state of IT security. We found that the IT security organizations for small and...

• Report IT Security Remains An Integral Part Of The Enterprise

  The State Of Enterprise IT Security: 2008 To 2009

  January 29, 2009 | Simon Yates

  Forrester's recent security survey of North American and European enterprises shows hope for the current state of IT security. Thankfully, we found that the IT security organization continues to be...

• Report 2008 CISO Agenda: Embrace Change

  Ten Changes To Existing Practices That Will Guarantee Your Success

  March 28, 2008 | Khalid Kark

  It's amazing how little progress we see year after year. As we look back to early 2007, or even 2006, not a lot has changed in what's expected of the security organization and what the chief...

• Report 2008 CISO Priorities: The Right Objectives But The Wrong Focus

  March 20, 2008 | Khalid Kark

  There is a definite chasm between chief information security officers' (CISOs') priorities and their responsibilities. CISOs understand that their priorities need to align with business objectives,...

• Report Building A World-Class Security Operations Function

  March 19, 2008 | Paul Stamp

  To protect their vital information assets better and be more responsive to business requirements, companies have shifted security programs to gain better visibility into what happens in their...

• Report Trends 2007: Physical And Logical Security Convergence

  August 17, 2007 | Geoffrey Turner

  The integration of enterprise physical security controls and management regimes with enterprise IT security architectures is a nascent trend that has been forecast as imminent for several years....