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How I Apply Third-Party Lab Results In My Security Operations Research

Allie Mellen 5 days ago
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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Watch the replay to catch up! 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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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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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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Choose Your Own MDR Adventure: Avoid The Free-For-All Of “New” MDR Services

Jeff Pollard February 4, 2025
Managed detection and response (MDR) — without a doubt — has successfully claimed the crown of all managed security services for making and keeping clients happy.
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Highlights And Implications Of Biden’s Executive Order On Strengthening And Promoting Innovation In The Nation’s Cybersecurity

Heidi Shey January 21, 2025
Forrester's security and risk research team breaks down the key highlights and implications of former US President Joe Biden’s 2025 Executive Order (EO) 14144 on strengthening security, improving accountability for software and cloud service providers, and promoting innovation, including use of emerging technologies.
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Rose-Colored Glasses Hide All The Red Flags: Advice From The S&R Forrester Women’s Leadership Program

Jinan Budge December 23, 2024
As has now become a Forrester Security & Risk Summit tradition, a room full of amazing women and a few brave fellas gathered last week as part of the Forrester Women’s Leadership Program to celebrate successes and solve for the many challenges that women face in this field. The theme? “To propel your career in security and risk, choose your advisers and nuggets of advice wisely.”
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March To The Beat Of Zero Trust

Carlos Rivera November 20, 2024
Zero Trust has become the standard information security model to adopt globally. It’s no longer a question of should; it’s a question of how and where to begin. For some time, the topic of Zero Trust was met with disparaging and opposing views proclaiming it to be another buzzword for vendors to market products. Well, […]
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If You’re Not Using Data Pipeline Management For Security And IT, You Need To

Allie Mellen November 12, 2024
Data ingestion into security information and event management (SIEM) have been too expensive for too long. Find out what's driving up the cost and how to manage it better in this post.
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A Fresh Look At The Future Of The CISO

What It Means October 17, 2024
The role of the chief information security officer (CISO) is more vital than ever. But how are CISOs holding up under the spotlight, and how is the role changing? VP and Principal Analyst Jeff Pollard and Principal Analyst Jess Burn share some new research on the future of the CISO.
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Lessons Learned From The CrowdStrike Outage

What It Means October 10, 2024
On July 19, an update from security software vendor CrowdStrike took down 8.5 million Windows endpoints and caused widespread chaos. In this episode, VP and Research Director Amy DeMartine and Principal Analyst Allie Mellen discuss the lessons learned from the outage and what steps security and business leaders should take as a result.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Attack Surface Management Solutions, Q3 2024

Erik Nost October 8, 2024
We’re excited to announce the inaugural release of a Forrester Wave™ evaluation covering attack surface management (ASM) solutions. We evaluated the 11 most significant ASM vendors in what is currently a rapidly evolving market segment. Forrester covers ASM and periphery markets such as exposure management and vulnerability risk management (VRM), as these segments all contribute […]

2025 Tech Predictions: Your Must-Have Guide

From AI’s impact to cloud evolution and smarter workflows for the SDLC and AIOps, 2025 is set to be a big year for tech. Download our Predictions guide to see if you’re on track to make the most of these changes.

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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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CrowdStrike Holds Its Fal.Con Conference As It Tries To Move On From July 19

Allie Mellen September 24, 2024
Here are the top things you need to know coming out of CrowdStrike's recently held Fal.Con user conference, just two months after its config update took down 8.5 million Windows endpoints.
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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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The Shakedown From Black Hat USA, 2024

Sandy Carielli August 14, 2024
What happens when five security analysts gather at a security conference in Las Vegas? Stuff gets broke. Find out more in this review of the recent BlackHat USA event.

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Falcon Fallout: What’s Next For CrowdStrike, Competitors, And CISOs

Jeff Pollard August 6, 2024
The July 19 CrowdStrike Falcon outage created major trust issues for the company and the broader security market. What's next for CrowdStrike? Find out as we make several predictions on where the company will go next.
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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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CrowdStrike Global Outage: Critical Next Steps For Tech And Security Leaders

Andras Cser July 19, 2024
Technology leaders woke up this morning to find that a software update by cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike had gone badly wrong. Get updates on the steps that your organization should take now and in the long term as a result of the CrowdStrike outage.
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