Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest
Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest
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Richard Stiennon

Chief Research Analyst · IT-Harvest
  • IT-Harvest
  • United States
  • Joined 2022
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Richard Stiennon is Chief Research Analyst for IT-Harvest, the firm he founded in 2005 to cover the 4,070+ vendors that make up the IT security industry. He has presented on the topic of cybersecurity in 32 countries on six continents. He was a lecturer at Charles Sturt University in Australia. He is the author of Surviving Cyberwar (Government Institutes, 2010) and Washington Post Best Seller, There Will Be Cyberwar. His research appears on Substack. Stiennon was Chief Strategy Officer for Blancco Technology Group, the Chief Marketing Officer for Fortinet, Inc. and VP Threat Research at Webroot Software. Prior to that he was VP Research at Gartner. He has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, and his MA in War in the Modern World from King’s College, London. His latest book Security Yearbook 2025 was published by Wiley in April, 2025.

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Read What Does the Rise of Agentic AI Mean for Traditional Security Models?
In this episode of The Security Strategist podcast, host Richard Stiennon, an author and the Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, speaks with Sam Curry, Zscaler CISO, about the need for a shift to a model derived from authenticity, the role of agentic AI in security operations, and the criticality of awareness in adopting to changes brought by AI.
Security
What Does the Rise of Agentic AI Mean for Traditional Security Models?
20 min
Read Container Security Uncovered: Lessons from NIST SP 800-190
Richard Stiennon of IT-Harvest, John Morello of Minimus, and Murugiah Souppaya of NIST, discussing container security best practices from NIST SP 800-190.
Security
Container Security Uncovered: Lessons from NIST SP 800-190
20 min
Read How to Build a Secure Development Workflow in an Era of AI?
In this episode of The Security Strategist Podcast, Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, speaks with Jaime Jorge, the Founder and CEO of Codacy, about secure software development in the age of AI.
Security
How to Build a Secure Development Workflow in an Era of AI?
13 min
Read How Do You Stop an Encrypted DDoS Attack? How to Overcome HTTPS Challenges
In this episode of The Security Strategist Podcast, Richard Stiennon, the Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, an author and a trusted cybersecurity advisor, speaks with Abergel about how Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) encryption is creating new challenges for cybersecurity professionals.
Security
How Do You Stop an Encrypted DDoS Attack? How to Overcome HTTPS Challenges
14 min