Google has announced definite plans to acquire Cloud Native Application Protection (CNAPP) vendor Wiz for $32 billion which is the largest ever acquisition in cybersecurity, surpassing the $28B 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 ..read more

Last week Flexera announced intent to acquire Spot by NetApp to the tune of $100 million – a considerable drop from the $450 million that NetApp paid to acquire Spot (and does not account for NetApp’s CloudCheckr acquisition that followed shortly).  Both Spot and CloudCheckr are included in the Flexera deal which is expected to ..read more

Building on the 2021 Executive Order Improving The Nation’s Cybersecurity, former US President Joe Biden’s 2025 Executive Order (EO) 14144 puts forth additional actions for strengthening security, improving accountability for software and cloud service providers, and promote innovation including use of emerging technologies. In this blog, we break down key topics and technology areas of ..read more

AWS may have been caught off guard by the sudden rise of generative AI, but now it’s coming for the competition from every possible angle. Get our key takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2024 ..read more

Cloud continues to serve as the heart of major technology innovations, especially amid the age of AI. Learn three key trends influencing cloud adoption across global markets in this preview of our latest research on cloud trends ..read more

Cybersecurity platform provider CrowdStrike announced plans to acquire Adaptive Shield, a SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) vendor. Some sources reported the purchase price around $300 million. If that purchase price is accurate, based on Forrester’s estimates of Adaptive Shield’s current revenue, that price represents an approximately 12x-15x revenue multiplier and 6 times more than Adaptive ..read more

In 2025, public cloud AI offerings will continue to expand and mature, but private cloud will also thrive in the year ahead due to some complex industry dynamics. Get the details in our 2025 cloud predictions ..read more

With cybercrime expected to cost $12 trillion in 2025, regulators will take a more active role in protecting consumer data while organizations pivot to adopt more proactive security measures to limit material impacts. Find out more in our 2025 predictions for cybersecurity, risk, and privacy ..read more

Forrester is once again partnering with Women in Security and Privacy to provide free admission to our Security & Risk Summit for four women looking to break into cybersecurity. Learn the details and find out how to apply for the scholarship here ..read more

Last week, CrowdStrike held its yearly user conference, Fal.Con, in Las Vegas. The conference comes just two short months after CrowdStrike issued a config update that took down 8.5 million Windows endpoints, which disrupted air travel, hospitals, and media outlets while impacting many other industries. Despite the incident (or perhaps because of it), the event ..read more