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Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
DLP in the GenAI Era: Shadow data and DLP product churn
Recent Enterprise Strategy Group research found data loss prevention product churn combined with undiscovered data and shadow IT are changing the DLP landscape.
Todd Thiemann • May 14, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
RSAC 2025 Conference: Identity security highlights
RSAC 2025 Conference was abuzz with talk about agentic AI and tool convergence. Analyst Todd Thiemann shares how these trends affect identity security.
Todd Thiemann • May 9, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Key network security takeaways from RSAC 2025
Themes on display at the conference reflected the cybersecurity industry's effort to streamline security operations, while adapting to emerging technologies and threats.
John Grady • May 7, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
RSAC 2025 to center on agentic AI, GenAI in security
If AI continues to become more accurate and secure, automation and self-healing systems that strengthen security programs could be the future.
Melinda Marks • April 25, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Change is in the wind for SecOps: Are you ready?
Attackers have historically had time on their side, outpacing defenders who have struggled to keep up. Agentic AI appears poised to change the game.
Dave Gruber • April 24, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Data security and identity security themes at RSAC 2025
Check out what Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Todd Thiemann has on his agenda for RSA Conference 2025.
Todd Thiemann • April 9, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
What the $32B Google-Wiz deal says about cloud-native security
Google's acquisition of Wiz for $32 billion highlights the importance of cloud-native security as organizations transition to microservices and containerization.
Melinda Marks • March 27, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Making a case for the cybersecurity data fabric
When it comes to data, context is everything. Learn how a cybersecurity data fabric can supercharge a security team's ability to see the big picture.
Tyler Shields • March 26, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Changing perceptions of network security tools from CSPs
Research from Enterprise Strategy Group found the conversation about cloud service provider and third-party vendor network security tools is changing.
John Grady • Feb. 24, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Entrust sells certificate business: Implications and actions
Entrust selling its certificate business to Sectigo isn't the only change that enterprises will face when it comes to the future of digital certificates.
Todd Thiemann • Feb. 13, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Too many ‘point’less tools: Platformization is better
Will 2025 be the year organizations ditch multiple point products and take a platform approach? Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Tyler Shields thinks it should be.
Tyler Shields • Jan. 23, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Adopt passkeys over passwords to improve UX, drive revenue
Password use leads to higher UX friction and lost sales because customers want a smoother sign-in experience. Passkeys can simplify authentication and improve UX.
Andrew Shikiar, Dhiraj Kumar • Jan. 17, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Data security spending in 2025: Up and to the right
Cybersecurity investments are set to increase in 2025, according to Enterprise Strategy Group's annual spending survey, and data loss prevention is leading the priority pack.
Todd Thiemann • Jan. 8, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
The basics drive 2025 identity security investments
New identity security tech might steal headlines, but Informa TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Todd Thiemann shows the basics get the most attention from businesses.
Todd Thiemann • Jan. 3, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
2025 cloud-native cybersecurity predictions
Join Informa TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Melinda Marks as she looks at what 2025 has in store for cloud-native security.
Melinda Marks • Jan. 3, 2025 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
3 network security predictions for 2025
What does 2025 have in store for network security? Analyst John Grady from Informa TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group shares his predictions for the upcoming year.
John Grady • Dec. 26, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Add gamification learning to your pen testing training playbook
Organizations that embrace gamification in their pen testing training are better positioned to build and maintain the skilled security teams needed to address evolving threats.
Ed Skoudis • Dec. 19, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Migrate to passwordless to enhance security and UX
Transitioning to passwordless authentication enables organizations to strengthen user account and sensitive data security without adding UX friction for end users.
Ant Allan • Dec. 13, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
How AI is shaping the future of the cybersecurity workforce
ISACA's 'State of Cybersecurity 2024' report found that, while AI helps automate lower-level tasks, it presents issues when it comes to succession planning and talent development.
Sushila Nair • Dec. 13, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Nonhuman identity security is getting board-level attention
Has your organization addressed nonhuman identity security? NHI attacks are becoming more prevalent and need to be a part of enterprise security strategies.
Todd Thiemann • Dec. 12, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
3 cybersecurity predictions for 2025
Will service as software, agentic cybersecurity and automated remediation reach their potential in 2025? Read up on what analyst Tyler Shields has to say.
Tyler Shields • Dec. 11, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
2025 identity security and data security predictions
From securing nonhuman identities to post-quantum cryptography to DSPM and DLP combining, here's what's in store for identity and data security in 2025.
Todd Thiemann • Dec. 5, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Address skills shortages with third-party data discovery tools
Homegrown might be best in some scenarios, but resource-constrained security teams should consider third-party tools for data discovery and resilience.
Todd Thiemann • Nov. 8, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Study shows securing SaaS applications growing in importance
Securing all types of SaaS applications ranks high among security pros, but the broad mandate can mean the need for better SaaS security platforms and tools.
John Grady • Oct. 29, 2024 -
Brand Experience Team/TechTarget
Research reveals strategies to improve cloud-native security
As organizations focus on the cloud to deliver and scale applications, security teams struggle to keep up. Recent research points to how teams can effectively manage cloud security risk.
Melinda Marks • Oct. 1, 2024
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