Director Analyst – Infrastructure Cybersecurity

About the role

This senior position is based in Italy and sits at the intersection of strategic research, cybersecurity expertise, and executive advisory. You will act as a trusted authority for global IT leaders, delivering forward‑looking insights that shape infrastructure security strategies and investment decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct in‑depth research and analysis of infrastructure cybersecurity markets, identifying trends, risks and emerging opportunities.
• Develop forward‑looking insights on secure networking, SASE, SSE, Zero Trust, endpoint and cloud security models.
• Produce high‑quality research reports and thought‑leadership content for CIOs, CISOs and senior IT leaders.
• Deliver authoritative presentations to senior executives and industry audiences, both virtually and at global conferences.
• Evaluate cybersecurity vendors, technologies and architectures to assess market positioning and competitive differentiation.
• Collaborate with internal teams to support client engagement, account growth and advisory service delivery.

Required profile

• 12+ years of experience in infrastructure cybersecurity, secure networking architecture or related enterprise IT security domains.
• Strong expertise in modern security frameworks such as SASE, SSE, Zero Trust and identity‑centric models.
• Deep understanding of cloud security, endpoint protection, patch management, backup and disaster‑recovery practices.
• Proven knowledge of leading cybersecurity vendors and platforms.
• Ability to translate complex technical environments into clear, actionable insights for senior decision‑makers.

Required skills

• SASE
• SSE
• Zero Trust
• Identity‑centric security
• Cloud security
• Endpoint protection
• Patch management
• Backup
• Disaster recovery
• Palo Alto Networks
• Cisco
• Zscaler
• Fortinet
• CrowdStrike
• Microsoft
• SentinelOne
• Netskope
• Cato Networks
• NIST CSF 2.0
• ISO/IEC 27001
• ISO 42001
• NIST AI RMF