Nikul Patel is a Director Analyst who advises Gartner’s CISO, IT Leader, vendor, and investor clients on topics such as endpoint protection, email security, workspace cybersecurity, AI usage control, browser security, application control (allowlisting), and cybersecurity vendor and technology rationalization. His business and technology insights help organizations modernize their endpoint and email security defenses, protect against malware and ransomware attacks, guide vendors investing in these technologies, and support investment professionals focused on the cybersecurity market.
Before joining Gartner, Nikul served as a Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at CyberProof, where he was responsible for technical pre-sales and solution architecture design. His experience spans network infrastructure security, IT operations, MDR (Managed Detection and Response), and endpoint security.
CyberProof, Security Solutions Architect, 2 years
GTT, Sales Engineer, 3 years
Timico Ltd, Senior Network Engineer, 3 years
Infrastructure Security
-MSc, Networking and Internet Systems, Lancaster University- UK
-BSc, Computer Science, Sardar Patel University- India
Planning and selecting Endpoint Protection Platform technology, including EDR/XDR
Protecting and securing remote and hybrid workforce from cyber threats
Evaluating vendor managed service
Defense against malware and ransomware attacks