Principal Analyst, Security & Risk

Forrester Research • Charlotte, MA

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About The Position

Forrester is seeking a Security and Risk Principal Analyst to conduct research and deliver strategic, practical advice to security and risk leaders and practitioners. The role focuses on security operations (SecOps), supporting technologies, SOC practices and processes, threat detection and response, and the impact of AI on threat detection and response. Relevant technologies include SIEM, UEBA, SOAR, EDR/XDR, security data management, and AI for SecOps.

The Principal Analyst researches strategies, technologies, and best practices, then shares insights through written reports, presentations, tools and templates, video, inquiries, guidance sessions, and custom advisory. Research is intended to help enterprise clients solve business problems and improve business results. The analyst also advises vendors on strategies, roadmaps, and messaging based on market insights and recommendations for enterprise clients.

Working as part of a small, high-performance team, the analyst conducts research and produces multiple research projects each year, develops ongoing intellectual property, consults with clients globally, speaks at Forrester-sponsored and industry events, and builds an industry presence among security and risk professionals, vendors, and journalists. The role also supports sales and customer success with clients and prospects. The position requires US citizenship, flexibility to support clients across global time zones, and travel 30% to 50% of the time.

Requirements

• A strong record of academic achievement or equivalent experience.
• Extensive security and risk experience as a practitioner, consultant, product or product marketing leader, architect, or research analyst.
• Deep intellectual curiosity about technology’s effect on business, solid business instincts, a practical understanding of security and risk professionals’ work, a creative view of markets and technologies, and interest in the future.
• Superior listening, critical-thinking, writing, and presentation skills; ability to distill complex, disparate ideas into simple, provocative concepts and take a stand on vendors and outcomes.
• Flexibility to support global clients across EMEA, APAC, and North America time zones.
• Ability to travel 30% to 50% of the time.
• Must be a US citizen.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in the public sector or serving federal, state, or local public-sector clients.

Responsibilities

• Research evolving trends and best practices in SecOps, threat detection and response, and AI for SecOps, including relevant security technologies.
• Deliver multiple research projects per year that present business and technology strategies, implementation plans, technology or service comparisons, or predictions about emerging markets and opportunities.
• Continuously create intellectual property, including written reports and analyses, video, tools and templates, and blogs on security and risk technologies, services, events, predictions, and competitive market dynamics.
• Consult with clients globally, applying Forrester research to their business environments through in-depth guidance sessions and advisory.
• Present at Forrester-sponsored and industry events and deliver client speeches and webinars.
• Establish an industry presence as a speaker and thought leader, and build relationships with senior security and risk professionals, technology vendors, and journalists.
• Participate in vendor briefings and respond to press inquiries.
• Develop a deep understanding of what Forrester clients need to succeed as security and risk leaders.
• Assist sales and customer success teams with clients and prospects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed