Jeff Pollard

@jeff_pollard2

VP & Principal Analyst @Forrester covering #infosec, #cybersecurity, #privacy. Primary focus areas CISO Leadership & Security Services.

United States blogs.forrester.com/jeff_pollard/ Joined November 2015

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Jeff Pollard @jeff_pollard2 Oct 30

More than the dollar amounts, the velocity in the flurry of recent breaches gets me.

20 minutes for 6 Billion, 6 minutes for 2 million, and 11 hours. Oh, and then 2 months.

Jeff Pollard @jeff_pollard2 Sep 1

Fal.con 2026 and @CrowdStrike announced Falcon Guardian for AIDR. Also announced the CrowdStrike Super Intelligence Lab that shipped two dedicated cyber models and a harness: Blue Solano, Red Tempest, and SafeMind.

Jeff Pollard @jeff_pollard2 Aug 5

Early #BHUSA 2026 Takeaway: More harnesses than a Cirque De Soleil show.

Jeff Pollard @jeff_pollard2 Jun 15

A frontier model went dark days after launch. What happened, why it happened, and how it's resolved matters. But what matters MORE is the fact that it DID happen: forrester.com/blogs/total-re…

www.forrester.com Total Recall: A Cautionary Fable Of Anthropic And The US Government Anthropic shut down Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after US export controls forced the decision. Here’s what it means for AI availability, model risk, and enterprise resilience moving forward.

Jeff Pollard @jeff_pollard2 Jun 10

Fable/Mythos will bring about a huge change: when vulns and exploits proliferate there's another shift coming and it's a doozy: confidentiality will supersede availability as the highest order goal for tech teams. Check out our blog covering that and more: forrester.com/blogs/how-fabl…

www.forrester.com How Fable 5 And Mythos 5 Change AI Security, Data Retention, And Vendor Risk Fable 5 and Mythos 5 introduce new AI security risks, including 30-day data retention, fallback behavior, and rising vendor exposure. Here’s what CISOs should do now.