John Kindervag

Principal Analyst serving Security & Risk PROFESSIONALS

John serves Security & Risk Professionals. He is a leading expert on wireless security, network security, security information management, and PCI data security.

Previous Work Experience

John is a 25-year veteran of the high-tech world. He holds numerous industry certifications, including CISSP, CEH, QSA, and CCNA. Prior to joining Forrester, John was the senior security architect with security consultancy Vigilar, and he started the security practice for a Cisco Gold VAR, Flair Data Systems, where he was a principal security consultant. He has particular expertise in the areas of wireless security, intrusion detection and prevention, and voice over IP hacking. He has been interviewed and published in numerous magazines, including Hospitality Technology Magazine, SecurityFocus.com, and Techtarget.com. John has spoken at many security conferences and events, including ToorCon, ShmoCon, and InfoSec World.


Education

John has a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the University of Iowa.

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    Report:Top 15 Trends S&R Pros Should Watch: Q2 2013

    From frantic security operations problems to the changing threat landscape, CISOs, senior security leaders, and other IT risk management leaders consistently have trouble keeping up with key trends...

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    Report:Know Your Data To Create Actionable Policy

    Policy And Procedures: The Data Security And Privacy Playbook

    Data defense is the fundamental purpose of information security. To defend your data, there are only four levers you can pull — controlling access, inspecting data usage patterns for abuse,...

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  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:Build Security Into Your Network's DNA: The Zero Trust Network Architecture

    Strategic Plan: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

    One of our goals with Zero Trust is to optimize the security architectures and technologies for future flexibility. As we move toward a data-centric world with shifting threats and perimeters, we...

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  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:No More Chewy Centers: Introducing The Zero Trust Model Of Information Security

    Vision: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

    There's an old saying in information security: "We want our network to be like an M&M, with a hard crunchy outside and a soft chewy center." For a generation of information security...

    • Downloads: 1632
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:Defend Your Data From Mutating Threats With A Zero Trust Network

    Executive Overview: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

    We've all heard about the "evolving threat landscape." In biology, evolution is a process that takes millions of years to occur as a result of small changes in successive generations. Mutations, on...

    • Downloads: 303
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:Dissect Data To Gain Actionable INTEL

    Forrester's Data Security And Control Framework

    Forrester segments the problem of securing and controlling data into three areas: 1) defining the data; 2) dissecting and analyzing the data; and 3) defending and protecting the data. We refer to...

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  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:Develop Your Road Map For Zero Trust Network Mitigation Technology

    Road Map: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

    This report outlines Forrester's solution to help security and risk (S&R) leaders develop their road map for Zero Trust network threat mitigation technologies using Forrester's TechRadar™...

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  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:Applying Zero Trust To The Extended Enterprise

    Preparing Your Network For Any Device, Anywhere, Any Time

    You are part of an extended enterprise — a new extended ecosystem of customers, clouds, service providers, partners, supply chains, and empowered users. The business expects you, the security...

    • Downloads: 800
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  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:The Forrester Wave™: Network Access Control, Q2 2011

    ForeScout, Juniper, And Bradford Networks Outdistance The Pack, But Cisco, McAfee, And Enterasys Are Close Behind

    In Forrester's 72-criteria evaluation of network access control (NAC) vendors, we found few notable points of differentiation between vendor offerings. Thus we have a tight clustering of vendors...

    • Downloads: 984
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:Market Overview: Intrusion Prevention Systems, Q2 2011

    A Mature Space, IPS Is Still The Bulwark Of Network Security

    An intrusion prevention system (IPS) complements traditional firewalls by inspecting the entire network packet looking for malicious traffic that is often invisible to Layer 3 firewalls. While...

    • Downloads: 962
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:Dial "H" For Hack

    An Empowered Report: Understanding The Threats To Unified Communication And VoIP Deployments

    In many companies, the worlds of data networking and telecommunications have merged, and voice and video traffic travels with other enterprise data on the same corporate network. Often known...

    • Downloads: 521
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:PCI X-Ray: Wireless Guidelines

    To effectively deal with the broad and complex requirements of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, you need to break the elements apart to provide enhanced clarity. We've designed the PCI...

    • Downloads: 408
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:TechRadar™ For Security & Risk Professionals: Network Threat Mitigation, Q3 2009

    The news is filled with reports of networks attacks and stolen data. Consumers routinely undergo the stress of fraudulent charges or compromised credit cards. Terms such as "botnet" have become part...

    • Downloads: 1082
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    Report:PCI X-Ray: Network Segmentation

    To effectively deal with the broad and complex requirements of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, you need to break the elements apart to provide enhanced clarity. We've designed the PCI...

    • Downloads: 656
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report:Threat Alert: Wireless Is The New Internet

    Until the recent indictment of 11 people for hacking into retailers' wireless networks and stealing more than 40 million credit and debit card accounts, the focus of corporate network teams has been...

    • Downloads: 650
 
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