Jinan Budge

While Zero Trust (ZT) security is mainstream in the US and Europe, it has only just begun gaining momentum in Asia Pacific (APAC). Why now? The global pandemic has accelerated cloud migration and remote work at the same time that firms are grappling with rapidly changing regulations and mounting consumer pressure for improved data privacy. […]

When our colleagues Claire O’Malley and Brian Kime wrote their “Point/Counterpoint: The Ethics Of COVID-19 Phishing” blog in March, it turns out they were inadvertently predicting an event that took place this week: An employee took to social media to speak out about a highly insensitive phishing simulation. Tribune Publishing Company, publisher of newspapers like […]

It’s been two years since our initial evaluation of the managed security services provider (MSSP) market in Asia Pacific (AP), and it’s time for an update! The first stage will be an update to our MSSP market overview and vendor landscape: “Now Tech: Managed Security Services In Asia Pacific, Q3 2020,” kicking off in mid-June. […]

Is a toxic culture holding your security team back? Learn how to address the issue directly and create a more positive environment.

As concerns swirl around COVID-19 contact-tracing apps, privacy and security leaders are playing a critical role in building public trust.

Increased cyberattacks, a remote workforce, and job security concerns have put even more pressure on CISOs. Analyst Jinan Budge shares helpful learnings from other leaders to help relieve the pressure.

I see on a daily basis how cybersecurity decisions affect your customers’ experience and trust. Technology affects our own experiences, and those of our customers, in rapidly changing ways. We increasingly depend on tech to work, learn, shop, vote, and socialize. The pandemic has brought this dependence to the forefront in a way that perhaps none of us would have imagined two years ago.

Security and risk pros can’t build a security culture by themselves. Security champions act as extra members of the security team; these people have connections across the organization and can translate security-speak into a language that everyone can understand. Security champions can help make your workforce more receptive to security policies and initiatives. How do […]

Last year was my first year attending the RSA conference as a Forrester analyst, and I loved and hated it in equal measures. I am now a year older and wiser, and I’m so looking forward to so many things, including being in the beautiful city of San Francisco. Conversely, if I’m 100% honest, there […]

5 ways security chiefs can use internal politics to their advantage.

Every year in my personal life with my mother and sisters, we like to celebrate products, lessons learned, and life hacks that we discovered throughout the year (yes, geek alert!). This year, I’m doing it with all of you in my professional life. What were some of your favorite (professional-related) things in 2019? Feel free […]

It doesn’t rain; it pours. And I’m so pleased to be announcing yet another report! This time, it’s short, and it summarizes our suite of awareness, behavior, and culture research (security ABCs)! I joined Forrester 18 months ago, and we (like many in the industry) were covering and talking about all sorts of brilliant stuff […]

I am beyond thrilled to announce the release of my latest Forrester Wave™ evaluation on cybersecurity consulting services in Asia Pacific. Forrester clients can see the 10 providers that matter most and how they stack up here. This was four months of incredibly intense work not just by us but by our vendor community. I […]

Cybersecurity strategy is on the agenda of most boardrooms and the pressure is on for CISOs. Get 6 tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

It’s been a couple of months since my last blog post! A huge vacation in the UK, backed up by RSA Conference in Singapore, our Financial Services Summit back in Sydney, and then off again to the north for our Security & Risk Forum in DC have left me no chance to reflect. Between those […]

It has taken me 15 months and a LOT of travel, listening, and talking to feel confident enough to write this research for APAC. APAC is a unique region in its cultural, geographic, regulatory, security maturity, and economic diversity. Writing anything APAC-related (at least for me) meant that I needed to understand the region with […]

Research announcement: Another Asia Pacific Forrester Wave™ evaluation is coming. This time, I will be evaluating cybersecurity consulting providers in the region. Gather round! The cybersecurity consulting market has been alive and well in AP since I began my career many years ago. I have worked at — and was a client of — a […]