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I’m an expert in information security. I work at Forrester helping security pros protect enterprises and government organizations by improving their security operations practices.
I meet with countless security practitioners, industry leaders, security vendors, and others to solve the most challenging information security issues of our time. Here, you’ll find the best ways to keep in touch with me and my work.
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Allie Mellen advises the Fortune 500 on security operations, nation-state threats, and the use of automation, machine learning, and AI in security tools. Prior to joining Forrester, she held various engineering, research, and technical consulting roles at MIT and several venture-backed startups. In addition to running her own engineering and development consultancy, she has also spent time as a security practitioner, doing hardware security research and working with product and infrastructure security teams. She is a featured speaker at many leading security conferences, including RSA Conference, Black Hat, HOPE, and others. She is often quoted in top business press outlets including NPR, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and CNBC.