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Shashank Sharma
Principal Analyst
Shashank Sharma is a Security and Risk Management professional in Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) team. His current coverage area is Endpoint Security/Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Email Security, Anti-phishing/spam and Vulnerability Management space. In addition to this, he covers multiple vendors in this space. His key tasks encompass giving actionable insights via client advisory calls and written research.
Previous experience
Most recently, Shashank was a Cybersecurity Consultant with Hitachi Systems for nearly 4 years, where he provided technical advise and consultation to the enterprises during the solutioning stage for multiple products in Endpoint, Network, Application, Data and Cloud security domain. He has worked with Government, Corporate and BFSI clients to build multi-product security tenders and RFPs.
Professional background
Hitachi Systems
Presales Consultant
Areas of coverage
Security Operations for Technical Professionals
Security and Risk Management Programs for Technical Professionals
Security Technology and Infrastructure for Technical Professionals
Education
Post-Graduation Diploma in Information Security, IGNOU
Bachelor of Technology, Electronic Engineering, University of Delhi
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Preventing advanced attacks using EPP/EDR solutions
2Defending the enterprise against ransomware attacks using Endpoint Protection Platforms
3Protecting email against spoofing, phishing, malware using email security gateway solution and supplemental solutions
4Comparison of endpoint and email security vendors
5Build a Vulnerability Management program