article thumbnail

“The Blob” Is Poisoning The Security Industry

Forrester IT

In a 2016 New York Times Magazine profile of Ben Rhodes, President Obama’s then deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, Ben was quoted as calling the American foreign-policy establishment “the Blob.”

Security 458
article thumbnail

Cloud Security Spending Will Grow To $3.5 Billion By 2021

Forrester IT

Forrester estimates that global cloud services revenues totaled $114 billion in 2016, up from $68 billion just two years ago -- that's annual growth of 30%. What does this mean for cloud security? · This rapid shift to the cloud raises new issues and challenges for security and risk professionals. Cloud Security.

Cloud 391
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

IBM Bets Big On Security Training And Leadership As A Differentiator

Forrester IT

In late 2016, IBM announced the availability of its full-scale cyber range at the Cambridge, MA headquarters of its security division. The range isn’t just about training security incident response analysts; it’s a full […].

IBM 331
article thumbnail

DDOS Trends Report 2016

CTOvision

The Verisign Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Trends Report contains the observations and insights derived from mitigations enacted on behalf of, and in cooperation with, customers of Verisign DDoS Protection Services, and the security research of Verisign iDefense Security Intelligence Services.

Trends 150
article thumbnail

2016 Internet of Things (IoT) Predictions

CTOvision

To help IoT solution providers define their 2016 product roadmap, here are some of INSIDE Secure’s top IoT predictions for the year: IoT hype will become reality. In 2016 there will be a growing number of authentic success stories where the IoT provides real value to consumers and enterprises. IoT security standards will evolve.

Internet 150
article thumbnail

FBI: $43 billion in losses are due to Business Email Compromise fraud between 2016 and 2021

Tech Republic Security

The post FBI: $43 billion in losses are due to Business Email Compromise fraud between 2016 and 2021 appeared first on TechRepublic. It also involves cryptocurrency more and more, providing an additional layer of anonymity to the cybercriminals.

Security 155
article thumbnail

2016 Privacy Lessons Learned And Looking Ahead To 2017

Forrester IT

Each year at the end of summer, several members of Forrester's Security & Risk research team look back at publicly reported breach events and data privacy violations of the previous 12 months to spot trends and identify cases to feature where we feel there are lessons learned for S&R pros. We saw notable examples (Verizon Wireless!

Trends 150