CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Forrester Research,
Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) announced today that Forrester.com
experienced a cybersecurity incident this week. To date,
Forrester's investigation has determined that the attack was
limited to content made available to Forrester clients through
Forrester.com. There is no evidence that confidential client data,
financial information, or confidential employee data was accessed
or exposed as part of the incident.
Preliminary forensic evidence suggests that the hacker was
ultimately detected and shut out of the system; remediation steps
were taken.
"We recognize that hackers will attack attractive targets — in
this case, our research IP. We also understand there is a
tradeoff between making it easy for our clients to access our
research and security measures," said George F. Colony, chairman and chief executive
officer of Forrester. "We feel that we have taken a common-sense
approach to those two priorities; however, we will continuously
look at that balance to respond to changing cybersecurity
risk."
Forrester continues to investigate the incident and has notified
the authorities to enable law enforcement to take further action as
needed.
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them lead change in their organizations.
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