Bio

Follow me @hackerxbella on Twitter I am a Forrester Analyst supporting security executives and professionals in building and maturing their threat detection and response strategies. My coverage includes the people, processes, and technology in security operations. From a technology perspective, this includes security information and event management (SIEM); security user behavior analytics (SUBA); security analytics (SA); security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR); endpoint detection and response (EDR); and extended detection and response (XDR). My research focuses on the current state and evolution of ransomware, MITRE ATT&CK, analytics, AI/ML, detection, automation, and response in security. I have been a featured speaker at many leading security conferences, including RSA Conference, Black Hat, HOPE, and others. I have been quoted in top business press outlets including NPR, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, CNBC, and Dark Reading. Prior to joining Forrester, I spent a decade in engineering, research, and technical consulting roles at MIT and several venture-backed startups. In addition to running my own engineering and development consultancy, I have also spent time as a security practitioner, doing hardware security research and working with product and infrastructure security teams.