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 Happens to API Security When AI Agents Go Autonomous?
In the recent episode of The Security Strategist podcast, Eric Schwake, Director of Cybersecurity Strategy at Salt Security, joined analyst Richard Stiennon to discuss why APIs, which have long been the backbone of modern applications, have become essential for AI-driven businesses.
Security
What Happens to API Security When AI Agents Go Autonomous?
16 min
Read Is Your Holiday Traffic Human—or AI-Driven and Under Attack?
In the recent episode of The Security Strategist podcast, host Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, sits down with Pascal Geenens, VP of Threat Intelligence at Radware, to discuss why CISOs need to rethink their long-held beliefs about attackers, users, and what “web traffic” really means in an AI-driven world.
Security
Is Your Holiday Traffic Human—or AI-Driven and Under Attack?
20 min
Read What If We Could Fix Vulnerabilities Faster Than We Find Them?
In the recent episode of The Security Strategist Podcast, host Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, sat down with John Amaral, Co-Founder and CTO of Root. They discussed how automation, AI agents, and a new approach called “Shift Out” are changing vulnerability management.
Security
What If We Could Fix Vulnerabilities Faster Than We Find Them?
20 min
Read Can Identity Security Close the AI Governance Gap?
Art Gilliland and Richard Stiennon discussing identity security, AI governance, and shadow AI on the Security Strategist Podcast.
Security
Can Identity Security Close the AI Governance Gap?
20 min