Allie Mellen

Recently, Wiz announced the acquisition of cloud detection and response vendor Gem Security. Learn how this move aligns with Wiz’s plan to build a comprehensive cloud security portfolio and accelerate product innovation.

Google recently held its Google Cloud Next conference four months early to unveil new AI offerings and upstage its rivals. Get a detailed review of all of the announcements at the event in this post.

Strategic, operational, or tactical. What core metrics does SecOps need to track? Get a detailed response to this pressing question in a preview of two new reports on SOC metrics.

Learn the key takeaways and market impacts from the Biden administration’s executive order to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data.

A recent cybersecurity incident at Change Healthcare cause the pharmacy claims processors to take its systems offline. Learn the implication of this event and five things firms can do to prepare.

Learn how taking a new approach to how you position analysts in your security operations center (SOC) can reduce burnout and help build a deeper security talent pool.

Learn three key lessons from our partnership with Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) in sponsoring attendees at our Security & Risk Forum.

Cyberattacks continue to threaten the availability of online shopping for retailers — and the profits that come from it. Retailers can take these three steps to defend against them, this holiday season and into 2024.

Find out how Broadcom's plan to divest VMware’s EUC And Carbon Black businesses could impact customers and the market overall.

Forrester predicted that endpoint detection and response (EDR) as we know it would be replaced by extended detection and response (XDR). That day has finally come. Learn the implications of that shift in this blog post.

With the VMware-Broadcom deal set for closing, what should you know? Learn five key things VMware customers can expect in the coming years.

Security leaders need to understand how generative AI is used in security tools and how it may change how their teams operate. Here are five highlights from a new report that will help.

Hans Christian Anderson’s classic tale of the emperor that gets duped into a fancy, new, and invisible wardrobe provides lessons in swindling, pride, and truth. It’s only when the emperor struts in front of the commoners that a child finally states, “Wait a minute — there’s nothing to this outfit. He’s not wearing anything.” As […]

Find out what Cisco's $28 billion planned acquisition of Splunk could mean for both observability and security.

“The Blob” in the security industry can prevent us from having the deep, real conversations about the actual issues practitioners are facing today. Find out how to avoid this.

A few weeks ago, I spoke on a podcast with some of my former colleagues about my experiences in the security industry as a young woman. TL;DR: It’s not always great, and that’s true for many women in the industry. We showed that in our research on Best Practices: Recruiting, Retaining, And Advancing Women In […]

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 […]

This week, we are thrilled to release new research: Build Trust And Lasting Emotional Bonds With Empathy. This report delves into empathy, one of the most critical of the seven levers of trust defined in the trust imperative.   Forrester defines empathy as: The perception that an organization is emotionally connected to its customers, employees, […]

Too much data, monolithic software, and control issues. The security operations center is at a tipping point. Learn how following the detection and response development lifecycle framework can help your SOC get beyond it.