Chris is a senior analyst serving Security & Risk (S&R) Professionals. His research focuses on helping S&R pros make strategic decisions regarding endpoint security (laptops, PCs, smartphones, and tablets) and data privacy, such as how to secure employee-owned devices while meeting industry compliance standards. Chris also leads Forrester's healthcare infosec coverage and has published multiple reports on budgets, priorities, and best practices within the areas of healthcare security and medical device security.

Mark Lauritano is a senior consultant for the Total Economic Impact™ practice at Forrester. In this role, he utilizes the TEI (Total Economic Impact) value-based business case framework to assist sales and marketing management in communicating the value proposition of their IT services and/or products. He has worked with technology clients in the areas of ERP, OS, IT infrastructure, security, and MarTech to demonstrate and justify the business return on investment (ROI) and value of technology investments, based on the costs, benefits, flexibility, and risk associated with specific investments.

Scott Taschler is a 20+ year veteran of the cybersecurity industry, with a strong focus on optimizing workflows in the security operations center. In his current role as Director of Product Marketing for CrowdStrike, Scott works with organizations all around the globe to understand the biggest barriers to productivity and to drive thought leadership on optimizing incident response and threat hunting. Prior to CrowdStrike, Scott spent 14 years as a technical leader for McAfee, with deep expertise in SIEM, incident response, threat intelligence, and other building blocks to a successful SOC. Scott is based in Minneapolis, MN.