Allie Mellen

Allie Mellen is a renowned Forrester Analyst known for supporting security executives and professionals in developing and enhancing their threat detection and response strategies, with a focus on security operations encompassing people, processes, and technology.

Allie's expertise lies in various security technologies such as SIEM, SUBA, SA, SOAR, EDR, and XDR, and her research is centered around ransomware, MITRE ATT&CK, analytics, AI/ML, detection, automation, and response in security.

With a decade of experience in engineering, research, and technical consulting at MIT and startups, Allie has a diverse background that includes running an engineering consultancy, hardware security research, and working with security teams.

Allie Mellen has been a featured speaker at prestigious security conferences like RSA Conference and Black Hat, and has been quoted in prominent business press outlets including NPR, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.

Education-wise, Allie studied Computer Engineering and contributed to a Bachelors of Science at Boston University alongside being a Transient Student at St. Petersburg College after completing high school at Kearsarge Regional High School.