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1 month ago | 
forrester.com | Andras Cser
Blog A significant international presence at RSAC 2025 signaled the continued importance of the US as a global export platform for cybersecurity.
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1 month ago | 
forrester.com | Andras Cser
US State and Local governments lean on public cloud to: 1) enable citizen services delivery and business agility; 2) fulfill scalability requirements, 3) drive down labor and infrastructure cost, and 4) resolve compliance and audit pressures. Most recently it has been used to power smart city, AI, and open data platforms.
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1 month ago | 
forrester.com | Andras Cser
Back in 2007, the first US federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, was appointed. Shortly after in December of 2010, he launched one of the world’s first “cloud-first” initiatives, making many US federal agencies such as the General Services Administration (GSA) some of the earlier innovators in this arena. At the heart of this push was better experiences for government customers and leapfrogging tech advancement to achieve faster innovation and greater efficiency.
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2 months ago | 
forrester.com | Andras Cser
OpenAI announced that it will require organizations to complete an identity verification (IDV) process to verify their organization’s identity before being allowed to access the latest OpenAI models. Identity verification will likely require developers to digitally verify themselves using government issued photo ID from permitted countries and prove their affiliation with their organization.
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2 months ago | 
forrester.com | Alla Valente |Janet Farrar Worthington |Andras Cser
Prioritize Foundational Elements Over Decorative AccessoriesOur springtime urge to clean, redecorate, and renovate has a biological explanation. Turns out that spring’s increased hours of daylight lower our bodies production of melatonin (the hormone that makes you sleepy), which leads to regained energy and our living environments.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
forrester.com | Janet Farrar Worthington |Andras Cser |Paddy Harrington
When the average cost of a data breach is $2.7 million and 33% of enterprises report being breached three or more times in the past twelve months, understanding and learning from past incidents is not just beneficial—it’s essential. Our detailed examination of the top 35 breaches and privacy fines of 2024 has unearthed critical insights into the evolving cyber threat landscape.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
forrester.com | Sandy Carielli |Andras Cser |Heidi Shey
Although not a new technology by any stretch, WAF solutions continue their evolution. Today, WAF solutions are cloud-based and protect applications and APIs in hybrid and multicloud environments. WAF solution vendors have expanded their remit to address API attacks and layer 7 DDoS and are working to integrate WAFs with bot management, API security, and client-side security tools to offer complete application protection platforms.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
forrester.com | Andras Cser |Paddy Harrington |Jeff Pollard
Google has announced definite plans to acquire cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) vendor Wiz for $32 billion, which is the largest ever acquisition in cybersecurity, surpassing the $28 billion that Cisco paid for Splunk in 2024. This is also Google’s largest ever acquisition and, based on Forrester’s estimates of Wiz’s annual revenue, represents an astronomically high, approximately 45–50x estimated multiplier of Wiz’s annual revenue.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
forrester.com | Charles Betz |Andras Cser |Martin Gill
Celebrating Excellence: The 2025 Enterprise Architecture AwardsForrester is thrilled to announce the opening of nominations for the 2025 Global Enterprise Architecture Awards. In partnership with The Open Group, this year’s awards will again celebrate exceptional enterprise architecture (EA) practices that drive business transformation, enhance risk management, and improve customer experiences.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
forrester.com | Enza Iannopollo |Rohit Makhijani |Andras Cser
This blog post was co-authored with Martin Gill, VP, Research Director Last week, Apple decided to stop offering its Advance Data Protection (ADP) to new customers in the UK. UK customers that opted-in the service in the past will stop enjoying it soon. It means that, without ADP, users’ photos and documents stored in Apple’s cloud won’t be protected with end-to-end encryption.
