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Don’t Call It A Comeback: Stay Ready For Ransomware

Jess Burn 3 days ago
So far, 2025 is filled with … distractions for security leaders. Between scrambling to secure their organizations’ AI initiatives, staying on top of critical vulnerabilities (and the organizations delivering the CVE process), perpetually communicating and training to guard against human element breaches, and navigating yet another period of uncertainty and volatility, it’s tempting to take […]
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MITRE-geddon Averted, But Fragility In CVE Processes Remains

Erik Nost 6 days ago
This week, we saw the CVE process, as we know it, come hours from the brink of collapse when a memo started circulating on LinkedIn that DHS would cut funding to MITRE’s CVE cataloging on April 16. MITRE’s role in the CVE process is the crucial first step in assigning IDs to vulnerabilities so that practitioners, vendors, researchers, and governments across the globe can consistently reference the same vulnerability. The process also allows for responsible disclosures and accountability for vulnerabilities to software companies.

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Government Leaders: Prioritize Cyber Efficiency Amid Federal Volatility

Cody Scott April 17, 2025
Government agencies at the federal, state, and local levels must prepare for a future where they experience uncertainty, headcount reductions, contract cancellations, and budget cuts. This is gut-wrenchingly difficult to process, yet remaining leaders must figure out how to move forward to serve the mission. For public sector cybersecurity leaders, this is even more paramount. […]
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Forrester’s Top Threats For 2025

Allie Mellen April 16, 2025
2025 started with a bang! Technology and geopolitics are changing so fast that many can’t keep track of the latest trends, with an announcement of new, benchmark-shattering genAI-related tech seemingly every week.
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RSAC 2025 Early Stage Expo Preview: AppSec, IAM, GenAI, SecOps, And More

Heidi Shey April 8, 2025
As we put together our game plan for what to see at RSA Conference 2025, we wanted to scope out innovation, identify which vendor booths will be a must-see, and (at least for one of us) minimize the number of steps to take around the Moscone Center.
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New Year, New Us: Introducing Forrester’s International Security & Risk Team Research

Jinan Budge April 7, 2025
Dive into our backgrounds, existing research, and capabilities. As a team, we cover a multitude of security and risk priorities. We are also geographically distributed; no one else is as uniquely positioned to add this level of global perspective to our research and our clients.
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How CISOs Can Thrive Amid Economic Volatility

Jeff Pollard April 4, 2025
In today’s unpredictable economic climate, CISOs face familiar — but intensified — challenges. Get some actionable insights to help navigate through turbulent times in this preview of a new report.

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Market volatility isn’t a roadblock — it’s your launchpad. With Forrester’s expert resources, you can optimize costs, lead with confidence, and turn challenges into growth.

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Generative AI Innovation In Security Tools Is Finally Getting Interesting

Allie Mellen April 2, 2025
The core themes of The-C2 conference in London were artificial intelligence, supply chain security, and cyber hygiene. Get a closer look at how these themes may impact security professionals in this recap.
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Address The Whole Person To Impact Insider Risk

Joseph Blankenship April 1, 2025
One of the main themes from the recent Insider Summit was that insider risk is very much a human problem, not a technology problem. Find out more in this review of the event.
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To Thrive Through Volatility, Master These Three Areas

Sharyn Leaver March 27, 2025
There’s no end in sight for the current disruption, but making the right strategic moves will help you come out ahead.
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Top Recommendations For CISOs In 2025: Deal With Uncertainty … Again

Jeff Pollard March 12, 2025
The security landscape continues to evolve, as does global uncertainty, leaving CISOs preparing for turbulence ahead.
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Cybersecurity’s Latest Buzzword Has Arrived: What Agentic AI Is And Isn’t

Allie Mellen March 12, 2025
As vendors come out of the woodwork announcing their “agentic AI” innovations, we explore what the term truly encompasses and what is hype.

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The Brewing Battle For Digital Online Age Verification

Merritt Maxim March 11, 2025
With online identity verification well understood and maturing, the next brewing verification battle is around age verification, a subset of identity verification.
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How I Apply Third-Party Lab Results In My Security Operations Research

Allie Mellen March 3, 2025
Last week, I attended the AV-Comparatives conference in Innsbruck, Austria. This conference brought together many cybersecurity vendors, particularly those with a European focus, as well as a few nonprofits, academic institutions, and analyst firms.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection And Response Services, Q1 2025!

Jeff Pollard February 27, 2025
The third installment of The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection And Response Services is now live, and there’s so much to love about the managed detection and response (MDR) services market: fantastic providers, engaged clients, and meaningful outcomes. This year is no different. Forrester clients can access the full report here. As we mentioned in Choose […]
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Detect, Defend, Deny: Zero Trust World 2025

Jitin Shabadu February 27, 2025
Cybersecurity vendor ThreatLocker recently hosted its fifth annual Zero Trust World (ZTW) conference in Orlando, welcoming attendees from 28 countries to learn about Zero Trust principles and ThreatLocker offerings. Over two days, the event celebrated Zero Trust as a cybersecurity model and the ThreatLocker approach for achieving Zero Trust. Industry leaders, managed service providers, security […]
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The UK Government Is Ready To Embrace AI, But Without Trust, It Risks Disaster

Enza Iannopollo February 19, 2025
A commitment to trustworthy AI is paramount to keep the enthusiasm going and avoid backlash — particularly as safety takes a backseat to security.
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Go Beyond The MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation To The True Cost Of Alert Volumes

Allie Mellen February 12, 2025
MITRE released its latest Enterprise MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations in December of 2024. At that time, we published a blog with a quick overview of the results. Today, we’re excited to announce that we have released three new pieces of research about this round of evaluations.
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Deepfakes Are Here: Here’s What To Do

Merritt Maxim February 11, 2025
In the last two years, growing concerns around the proliferation of and advances in deepfakes has raised concerns around their potential to impede adoption of facial and voice biometrics.
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Assessment Is Anyone’s Guess: Proving GOAT Status Requires Validation

Erik Nost February 11, 2025
As spectators tuned in to Super Bowl LIX to indulge in American culture rife with consumerism, T. Swift, and rap feuds, the buzz was less around the game and more on determining who is pro football’s GOAT (greatest of all time).
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