Heidi Shey

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Quantum Security Isn’t Hype — Every Security Leader Needs It

Merritt Maxim March 3, 2025
The commercial availability of quantum computers that can compromise traditional asymmetric cryptography is still five to 10 years away. But security and risk (S&R) professionals must assess and prepare for the impact of quantum security now.
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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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Data Security: The Time Is Now To Pioneer A New Strategy

Heidi Shey September 25, 2024
Data security is both a high priority and struggle for many organizations. Find out why and get some next steps in this preview of our upcoming Security & Risk Summit, December 9–11 in Baltimore.
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Don’t Wait For A Crisis To Act

Ian Bruce July 23, 2024
CrowdStrike's recent global incident underscores businesses' need to have robust crisis communication plans in place before a crisis occurs.
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Never “Too Small For Cybercriminals”: One Town’s Cautionary Tale

Jess Burn June 25, 2024
In a world of Scattered Spiders and Midnight Blizzards and UNC2452s, why is Arlington’s BEC important? Because it’s happening all the time to towns, municipalities, regional health systems, and small businesses lacking the resources to prepare for such an event.
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What We Can Learn From 2023’s Most Notable Breaches

Madelein van der Hout June 3, 2024
Cybersecurity breaches continued to rise in 2023. Learn the eight most common incident types and get four key takeaways from our new report.
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The State Of Cybersecurity Innovation: RSA Conference 2024

Heidi Shey May 20, 2024
RSAC gives security startups two structured opportunities to distinguish themselves, and Forrester always finds it revealing to see which startups make the cut.
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Forrester’s RSAC 2024 Themes, Takeaways, And Observations

Jeff Pollard May 15, 2024
More than 41,000 attendees, 600 exhibitors, and 425 sessions. Get some of the key themes and takeaways from the Forrester security & risk analysts who attended RSA Conference (RSAC) 2024.
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Five Things You Should Know About Burnout In Cybersecurity But Probably Don’t

Jinan Budge April 18, 2024
The cybersecurity industry continues to focus almost exclusively on technology at the expense of dealing with the heart of cyberdefenses: the people. Yet the stress of expectations, limited resources, and detriments to well-being continues to cause havoc with the mental and physical health, productivity, and retention of the cybersecurity workforce.
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GenAI: GRC Enters Accelerator Era, And Not A Minute Too Soon!

Alla Valente April 2, 2024
Generative AI offers an opportunity for risk management to reinvent itself from the department of “no” to the discipline of “go.” Find out how in this blog post.
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You Got Your Carbon Black In My Symantec! No, You Got Your Symantec In My Carbon Black!

Paddy Harrington March 13, 2024
What is Broadcom planning to do with VMware’s Carbon Black unit? Find out in this blog covering the plan to integrate Carbon Black with Broadcom's existing product lineup.
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Breaking Down The US Executive Order To Protect Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data

Stephanie Liu February 29, 2024
Learn the key takeaways and market impacts from the Biden administration’s executive order to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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What To Know: A Retrospective Of 2023’s Top Breaches And Fines

Sandy Carielli February 28, 2024
After a retrospective review of the largest publicly reported breaches and privacy violations in 2023, here's what you need to know for 2024.
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Prescription For Change: Cybersecurity Outage Highlights Critical Vulnerabilities In Healthcare

Jeff Pollard February 23, 2024
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.
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Make Cyber Insurance Work For You

Heidi Shey September 11, 2023
Learn why cyber insurance is a major opportunity in this preview of our upcoming Security & Risk Forum.
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Prevent Data Turnovers With Insider Risk Management

Joseph Blankenship August 28, 2023
Learn some valuable lessons about insider risk management from the New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptors. Really.
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The State Of Data Security, 2023

Heidi Shey August 28, 2023
Learn some of the key data security trends of the year including the causes of breaches, types of data being compromised, and post-breach effects and impact.
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The State Of Cyber Insurance, 2023

Heidi Shey August 24, 2023
Cyber insurance is a common tool for risk transfer today. It’s also a key driver for cybersecurity program investment today. But who has cyber insurance and what benefits do organizations see from it? Analyzing Forrester data on cyber insurance adoption and breach response trends, we find that: Most organizations do not have standalone cyber insurance […]
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Rubrik Acquires Laminar: Data Resilience And Security Join Forces

Heidi Shey August 22, 2023
As security threats increase, data protection and security practices continue to merge. Data resilience firm Rubrik recently announced its acquisition of Laminar, a data security posture management (DSPM) vendor. Together, they aim to enable consistent and unified data security posture visibility that spans on-premises and cloud-based environments. Modern Data Resilience Is Increasingly A Cybersecurity Issue […]
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Post-Quantum Security: Have You Started Your Journey?

Heidi Shey August 11, 2023
The European Policy Centre recently published a quantum cybersecurity agenda for Europe in July 2023. This is yet another example of raising awareness and issuing calls to action for post-quantum security preparations. This follows the World Economic Forum and Deloitte issuing a perspective on transitioning to a quantum-secure economy in 2022. Also in late 2022, […]
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