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Allie Mellen Mar 2, 2023

I am beyond thrilled to announce a new piece of research published today: Introducing The Forrester Model to Defend Against Nation-State Threats. #cybereecurity #natsec

Read the blog and report here: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/introducing-the-forrester-model-to-defend-against-nation-state-threats/

Introducing The Forrester Model To Defend Against Nation-State Threats

Given years of cyberespionage, attacks on elections, and, more recently, the melding of kinetic and digital warfare in the Russia-Ukraine war, private sector security leaders in all industries must recognize and prepare for more brazen and frequent nation-state cyberattacks. This is the first and the foundational report in a series that will help security leaders […]

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Allie Mellen Feb 7, 2023

I just released a new @forrester report on how enterprise architecture and security collaborated to bring Zero Trust to SaskPower. I loved this research bc it is a real world implementation of Zero Trust using our research. Read the blog (and report) here: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/success-with-zero-trust-lives-and-dies-by-executive-support/

Success With Zero Trust Lives And Dies By Executive Support

Forrester originated the Zero Trust Model over a decade ago and defines Zero Trust as: An information security model that denies access to applications and data by default. Threat prevention is achieved by only granting access to networks and workloads utilizing policy informed by continuous, contextual, risk-based verification across users and their associated devices. Zero Trust advocates […]

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Allie Mellen Jan 31, 2023

"Security risk dashboards" in SecOps tools are a liability, not a benefit. It devolves the problem to a set of tools without recognizing priorities, staffing, etc. Don't let your team or peers in management get sucked into trusting them. Read here: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/cybersecurity-risk-dashboards-no-value-extreme-liability/

Cybersecurity Risk Dashboards: No Value, Extreme Liability

Cyber risk dashboards masquerade as ways to improve security programs, but mainly help upsell customers and introduce a new source of risk.

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Allie Mellen Nov 29, 2022

At Forrester’s Security and Risk forum, we sponsored four scholarship winners to come join us at the event. It was such an honor to take part in this partnership with WISP. 🖤

Read my interview with @racheltobac for more info:
https://www.forrester.com/blogs/a-look-inside-the-forrester-wisp-partnership-a-qa-with-rachel-tobac/

A Look Inside The Forrester-WISP Partnership: A Q&A With Rachel Tobac

Earlier this month, we hosted the Forrester Security & Risk event — three jam-packed days of leading-edge security content. One of the major highlights of the event was the ForrWomen Leadership Summit. This was a full day of activities and networking for women security leaders to kick things off. Attendees were thrilled to have the […]

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