Forrester's Inaugural Security Forum Addressed Elevating The Security Organization Within The Business.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- More than 250 IT and business executives walked away from the Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
FORR Freedom of the Road Riders (Motorcyclists) FORR Flight Operations Readiness Review ) first annual Security Forum with the tools and processes necessary to make security more relevant within their organizations. The two-day sold-out event concluded last Friday at the InterContinental in·ter·con·ti·nen·tal adj. 1. Extending or taking place between or among continents: intercontinental exploration; intercontinental cooperation. 2. Buckhead in Atlanta, also the location for Forrester's Security & Risk Management Council member meetings. "Attendees are telling us that the Forum enabled them to be more successful in their jobs, by providing them with the strategies, technologies, and governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems. to defend against future threats," said Laura Koetzle, vice president and research director of security research at Forrester. "Security professionals also had an opportunity to share ideas on enhancing the credibility and visibility of the security organization with well-respected practitioners, Forrester analysts, vendors, and their peers." "The Security Forum provided a good mix of both practical knowledge that I can take back and implement, and future, thought-provoking conversation," said Brian Wrozek, IT security and disaster recovery manager at Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. . "As a member of the Security & Risk Management Council, I was also able to engage in facilitated interaction with the presenters and my peers to delve into the session topics and to build trusted relationships for future discussion." Presentations from the following industry and technology leaders offered additional real-world examples and best practices for effectively implementing security processes and technologies for near-term and future risks: --William R. Cheswick, Chief Scientist, Lumeta --Ken Dunham, Director, Rapid Response Team, iDEFENSE, A VeriSign Company --Rich Jackson, Chief Information Protection Officer & General Manager of Global Information Risk Management, Chevron --John Meakin, Group Head of Information Security, Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered Bank (LSE: STAN, HKSE: 2888 ) is a British bank headquartered in London with operations in more than fifty countries. It operates a network of over 1,600 branches (including subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures) and employs almost 60,000 --Claudia Natanson, Chief Information Security Officer, Diageo --William F. Pelgrin, Director, Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State --Paul Raines, Chief Information Security Officer, UN Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an international agency, located in The Hague, The Netherlands. Its mission is to promote membership of the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty which entered into force in 1997 and mandated the elimination of "the (OPCW Noun 1. OPCW - international organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons Convention Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ) --Adam Stubblefield, Senior Security Analyst, Independent Security Evaluators About Forrester Research Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) is an independent technology and market research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. For 23 years, Forrester has been a thought leader and trusted advisor, helping global clients lead in their markets through its research, consulting, events, and peer-to-peer executive programs. For more information, visit www.forrester.com. (C) 2006, Forrester Research, Inc. All rights reserved. Forrester and WholeView are trademarks of Forrester Research, Inc. |
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