A former MIT researcher and engineering consultant with a hacking background before moving into security practice, Mellen authored Forrester's 2026 XDR Platforms Wave. She is regularly quoted in NPR, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and Dark Reading, and speaks at leading industry events.
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Allie Mellen is a Principal Analyst at Forrester covering security operations and the use of automation, ML, and AI in detection-and-response tooling. She advises Fortune 500 CISOs and security teams and is a frequent industry and press commentator.
Allie Mellen is Principal Analyst at Forrester Research.
Allie Mellen focuses on Security operations, XDR, Detection & response, AI/ML in security tooling.
Allie Mellen is based in Global.
Allie Mellen is listed in the Analysts category of Cyber Resources, the curated directory of the cybersecurity marketing and growth ecosystem.
Global
Katell Thielemann is a Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner focused on risk and security of cyber-physical systems. She is widely credited with reviving and popularizing the "cyber-physical systems" (CPS) terminology industry-wide starting in 2022.
Scottsdale, USA
Frank Dickson leads IDC's Security & Trust research group, guiding clients on ransomware defense and security architectures. He joined IDC with 20 years of industry-analyst experience across security, mobile, telecom, and computing.
Global
Garrett Bekker is a Principal Research Analyst leading identity and access management coverage at S&P Global Market Intelligence (451 Research). He joined 451 Research in 2014, which S&P Global acquired in 2019.
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