The COVID-19 pandemic brought changes no IT team was ready for: employees were sent home, customer interaction models changed, and cloud transformation efforts abruptly accelerated. Cloudflare recently commissioned Forrester Consulting to explore the impact of 2020 disruptions on security strategy and operations among companies of all sizes. To do so, they surveyed 317 global security decision makers from around the world.
Join our guest Forrester VP, Principal Analyst, Chase Cunningham, and Cloudflare Go-To-Market Leader, Brian Parks, for an in-depth discussion of the survey results, followed by practical guidance for next year’s planning.
Key Takeaways:
How 2020’s disruptions created challenges and opportunities for security teams of all sizes
Specific challenges North American companies faced in securing the change
Why executive buy-in for Zero Trust security initiatives is higher than ever
What peer security leaders are prioritizing for Zero Trust initiatives in 2021
How to drive successful Zero Trust pilot projects with Cloudflare for Teams
Chase Cunningham
VP - Principal Analyst, Forrester
Dr. Chase Cunningham primarily contributes to Forrester's offerings for security and risk professionals. His research guides client initiatives related to security operations center (SOC) planning and optimization, counter-threat operations, encryption, network security, and Zero Trust concepts and implementation.
Brian Parks
Go-To-Market Leader, Cloudflare
Brian Parks has two decades of experience helping technology companies grow revenues including diverse responsibilities managing Direct and Channel Sales, Partnerships, Marketing, Customer Success, Product Management & Engineering.