Jeff Pollard

The belief that security leaders must show mastery across knowledge domains is dangerous. It's also a symptom of an underlying ailment.

In January of 2020, we launched our inaugural “The Future Of The CISO” report, which identified the six types of CISOs (chief information security officers) we discovered through our research. At its release, we received copious amounts of feedback — some we had considered and some we hadn’t. While we were conducting our research, however, […]

New Forrester data shows employees have strong trust in their employers as a source of information about COVID-19, but infrequent employer communication can leave employees vulnerable to disinformation.

The lead-up to RSAC 2020 has been interesting to say the least. IBM made a decision to exempt its employees from the event due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic; days later, RSA was acquired by a private equity firm, and there’s only a few days left before the event as this goes live. First, […]

When starting a project like “The Future Of The CISO” report, it’s a daunting exercise. While we don’t always share the background inspiration for our research, this time it’s quite important and will shed some light on how we arrived here. When we started planning this research in 2018 and working on it in 2019, […]

It’s been a rough couple of months for Ring. Multiple security and privacy issues have plagued the physical security device maker, it’s responded poorly by casting blame on users, and following that, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) identified that the Ring app is littered with third-party trackers. At virtually the same time, a security product […]

New risks emerge around user location data that may have you rethinking your cybersecurity plan.

From the Intel-McAfee deal to the Sony Pictures breach, VP and Principal Analyst Jeff Pollard reviews the past decade’s cybersecurity highlights and lowlights.

Read the top three cybersecurity predictions for 2020 from Forrester Research analyst Jeff Pollard.

Even cybersecurity experts can get fooled. Read this cautionary tale of a time when a security and risk expert almost got hacked.

Gaze deeply into our security & risk crystal ball: We see cybersecurity professionals succeeding and growing. We also see some hard work ahead. Learn more.

Consumer data misuse has lit up the headlines and eroded trust. From the ashes of these corporate scandals will rise a new industry: the anti-surveillance economy. Read what this means for companies that monetize consumer data.

Today we released our 2019 security & risk recommendations report. We collected contributions from our colleagues across the Forrester security & risk team to identify the most important actions security leaders should take in 2019. Turns out, things are getting better for S&R pros, but challenges still remain. Security leaders have earned board-level visibility, privacy […]

Another Friday, Another Breach Announcement Today, Marriott announced that it uncovered four-plus years of a previously unknown, unexpected, and unauthorized data breach that includes travel details, passport numbers, and credit card data. Five hundred million customers found out this morning when Marriott announced a multiyear breach dating back to 2014. Longstanding defects in Starwood’s database and network […]

“Everything Is An Endpoint” Brings BlackBerry Back From The Dead For many, the fact that BlackBerry still exists — and the fact that it spent $1.4 billion of the $2.4 billion in capital it had — is the most surprising part of the Cylance acquisition. BlackBerry hasn’t shirked its mythological status as the case study of what […]

When salacious tales of Cambridge Analytica’s activities emerged in 2018, we thought the company was finished. The many on-air discussions of illegal activities, law enforcement warrants, legal action threats from partners, and questionable ethics appeared to doom it. We then saw multiple suspensions and resignations, and on May 2, Cambridge Analytica announced it would file […]

During every Forrester Wave™ evaluation I conduct, I spend time sifting through vendor responses, data, client surveys, and reference interviews and develop an outline of recurring themes — the good, the bad, the new, the old, etc. After the Wave goes live, I collect all of that information, bundle it together, and produce a “Lessons” […]

What An Interesting Start To The Year I didn’t expect the year to kick off with it raining iguanas in Florida, a gas pumping crisis in Oregon, or the discovery and release of two massive CPU flaws that affected many of the computers we live and work with every day. It appears 2018 has started […]

Announcing Our New Security & Risk Staffing Survey! Information security is one of the hottest fields around. Data abounds about how awesome it is to work in infosec, how many jobs are available, and how much money can be made. That all sounds great, except it’s pretty hard to find great research on what it’s […]