Heidi Shey,

Heidi Shey

Principal Analyst

Heidi Shey is a principal analyst at Forrester where she leads Forrester’s research on data security. Heidi guides security leaders and tech executives at enterprise and government organizations in applying a Zero Trust, data-centric approach to securing data. She advises in areas such as sensitive data discovery and classification, data loss prevention, data security platforms, secure communications solutions, privacy preserving technologies, other data-centric security controls, and post-quantum security. Her research coverage also includes cyber insurance and customer-facing breach notification and response.

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April 16th, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Webinar

Top Recommendations For Your Security Program, 2025

As we move further into 2025, the security landscape continues to evolve in parallel with the uncertainty unfolding globally. Our latest report, Top Recommendations For Your Security Program, 2025, provides timely guidance for security leaders as they navigate another precarious year for their roles, programs, and organizations. Join us in this webinar to go over highlights from our 2025 recommendations and hear directly from the analysts making these calls.Key takeaways: Learn the most important recommendations for your security strategy in 2025 and our rationale behind them.Leverage our research and insights to guide your security program strategy.Understand how to prioritize changes in areas including security platforms, privacy and data protection, critical infrastructure, emerging tech, and security leadership in the coming year.Target audience level: intermediate