Cybersecurity Trends

On the heels of the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity signed by the President after a ransomware attack forced the shutdown of Colonial Pipeline, the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the agency responsible for overseeing pipeline security, on May 27, 2021, has announced its own Security Directive of new cybersecurity […]

Earlier this week, an op-ed published on The Hill sent information security (infosec) Twitter into a tizzy by blaming cybersecurity industry best practices for recent high-profile security breaches. For the security team at Forrester, the op-ed furthered a number of security myths that we felt compelled to bust here. Myth #1: The Best Infosec Pros […]

Forrester's security team sifts through the details of the new executive order on cybersecurity and looks forward at its long-term impact.

While automated malware analysis and network intrusion detection systems remained in our Divest category, three more technologies joined them this year: data loss prevention, managed security service providers, and security user behavior analytics. Why is this? Because these stand-alone technologies simply don’t cut it anymore. This isn’t to say these solutions are dead, mind you. No, they live on in within larger, more comprehensive solutions.

Conflicting definitions of extended detection and response (XDR) have plagued cybersecurity tech buyers. Read Forrester's unbiased explanation of what XDR is, its relationship to SIEM, and other common questions.

A few weeks back, in our DDoS Wave launch blog, we promised you a whole blog dedicated just to DDoS protection pricing innovations. Forrester recently published “The Forrester Wave™: DDoS Mitigation Solutions, Q1 2021,” in which we evaluated the 11 most significant distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) vendors on the planet. During our research, we found some […]

Learn three key shifts European CISOs are making to address the COVID-19 pandemic and new regulations.

When we launched the most recent Forrester Analytics Business Technographics® Security Survey, it was summer of 2020. We’d been in quarantine for about three months, and firms had long since realized that they needed to digitally transform their businesses (and fast) in order to survive the new normal. That meant a lot of application development, as […]

After a tumultuous period of reactive steps, now is the right time for security and risk pros to get their long-term plans back on track.

Earlier this month, a US State Department spokeswoman announced that the US had identified three online publications that were attempting to discredit the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, all of which were directed by Russian intelligence. In Forrester’s annual report on top security threats, we explore the top security threats that security professionals must monitor, including […]

You’re probably tired of hearing about 2021 cybersecurity predictions. This is something different. We’re taking a look back to what we predicted would happen in 2020 and grading our predictions. After all, why make predictions in the first place if we’re not going to reflect and assess ourselves afterward? When we make predictions, we aim to identify what is different that we think […]

Security tools cannot do what humans can do. Instead of replacing humans in the security operations center, augment them so they can do what they are good at.

Is WhatsApp safe for business use? Principal Analyst Heidi Shey provides insight for CISOs.

Learn the four steps you can take to change human behavior and instill a security culture in your organization.

Operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) security are vitally important for the safety of the people who work in critical infrastructure and manufacturing. OT security is also necessary for the consumers of the energy, drinking water, and products made in our industrial facilities. OT security is a unique security domain of growing importance, and yesterday’s announcement of Dragos’ Series C funding round of $110 million is another validation of […]

The COVID-19 pandemic unequivocally changed how employers think the workforce could and should look like. As firms have been growing more acclimated to the “new normal,” insider threats, breaches, and employee unrest are on the rise. You need to know which security vendors fit your needs and which strategies to take. As we head into month […]

Air Gaps Aren’t Effective; Scratch Them From Your List . . . The number of companies falling victim to ransomware attacks continues to grow each day. Ransomware inflicts extreme pain, leading to business closure or significant business disruptions. Vendors are developing technology architectures and approaches to solve for these challenges. Each technology and approach has […]

In 2021, culture issues, budgets, and vendor shifts will be top priorities for cybersecurity leaders. Learn more in our 2021 cybersecurity predictions.

It has never been more important for organizations to anticipate change, strengthen resilience, and become truly customer obsessed. Heading into 2021, technology — both new and existing — will help firms achieve these aims and emerge from the crisis on sound footing.