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Khalid serves CIOs, leading the team responsible for delivering research and advisory services to IT leaders. He provides strategic guidance and advice to clients in the areas of organization design; governance, risk, and compliance (GRC); and emerging technologies. His research focuses on helping clients mature from an IT-centric role in their organizations to a business-embedded one. Khalid has extensive experience working with the government, healthcare, and financial services sectors.
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Before joining Forrester, Khalid worked for a global insurance company where he provided leadership and direction for the information security program. Prior to this, he worked as a consultant and program manager at a telco, helping clients with IT strategy and architecture.
Khalid holds master's degree in networks and telecommunications management from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in business and economics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Deloitte And PricewaterhouseCoopers Lead, With Accenture Close Behind
In Forrester's 72-criteria evaluation of information security and IT risk consulting service providers, we found that Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) lead the pack because of their superior...
As we enter 2010 and look ahead, the challenges we face are very familiar. The technology has been changing as usual, the business has been demanding more and more from security professionals as...
Deloitte Leads The Pack, With PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, And Accenture Close Behind
In Forrester's 75-criteria evaluation of information security and risk consulting service providers, we found that Deloitte led the pack because of its maniacal customer focus and deep technical...
Look Beyond Cost Savings And 24x7 Support To Select An MSSP
The managed security services market is growing at a healthy clip due to a confluence of several factors, most notably staffing and skill pressures, an ever-evolving threat landscape, and an...

PwC And Deloitte Lead The Pack With KPMG Close Behind
Forrester evaluated leading security consulting service providers across 80 criteria and found that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Deloitte established themselves as Leaders in the security...
Managing Risk While Ceding Operational Control
Global spending on IT services and outsourcing was estimated at $488 billion in 2007 and is predicted to rise an additional 9% in 2008. At $120 billion, IT outsourcing constitutes roughly 25% of this...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q3 2007
Deloitte has the largest pool of security consultants in the market, and its global reach includes engagements in more than 100 countries. Security, privacy, and information risk management services...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q3 2007
Accenture ultimately aims to provide the world's leading security consulting services, built on the shoulders of its vast experience in IT consulting. Although not as strong in some of the strategic...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q3 2007
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) offers a mature consulting practice for security, which it views as integrated along with privacy and IT risk management into a single framework. The company has a strong...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q3 2007
IBM has one of the biggest security consulting practices in the market, with a robust partner ecosystem and a solid customer base across all global regions. The company expanded its security service...
Wipro's offshoring model is unique among the larger players in the security consulting space. While some customers have mentioned obstacles when working with this model, the cost savings Wipro...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q3 2007
KPMG's security consulting practice is relatively small compared to many of the large firms it competes with, but it has focused its attention in key capability areas and is poised for substantial...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q3 2007
The number of Ernst & Young (E&Y) consultants dedicated specifically to information security is relatively low compared with competitors of similar size. Much of this practice stems from its audit...
Verizon Business' acquisition of Cybertrust in early 2007 gives the company a competitive offering in the security consulting market, although it is still somewhat unclear whether its focus will be...
VeriSign's security consulting practice is working to complement the company's already strong managed security services group. While not as mature or globally widespread as offerings from competitors...
The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q3 2007
BT sees security as a key for businesses operating in a connected world, and it takes a risk-based approach when identifying and scoping such projects. The company's market share in the UK is very...