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	Jonathan Penn Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Passwords, Regulations & Legislation, Manufacturing, Information Protection, Security Standards, Regulations, & Legislation, Security & Risk, High-Tech, Enterprise Single Sign-On, Identity & Access Management, Financial Services, Information Leak Prevention, Retail

Research Focus

Jonathan serves Vendor Strategy professionals in the area of business and consumer security. He provides advice and support to vendors and service providers on their overall strategies and market positioning, as well as on their product, services, sales, and partnering plans. Jonathan also advises end user clients on their security strategies and implementations, with a particular emphasis on data protection, online consumer security, and identity management.

Over the past ten years, Jonathan has written and spoken extensively on security in many business and IT venues, focusing on trends, innovations, and challenges in security solutions and practices. He has been widely quoted in publications like CSO Magazine, Information Security Magazine, Financial Times, The Economist, and The New York Times, and has appeared on National Public Radio and CNBC.

Previous Work Experience

Jonathan came to Forrester in 2003 through its acquisition of Giga Information Group, where he was an analyst covering the areas of both identity management and collaboration. Jonathan previously worked as an engineer and product manager for several high-tech companies where he developed device drivers and commercial applications, including the first software RAID solution for Windows.

Education

Jonathan holds an M.S. in computer science from Stanford University and a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania.

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