A Research Interview Series by Prateek Bhajanka, Former Gartner Analyst
Field Security Insights
A research interview series where the vendors shaping security take the seat across from a former Gartner analyst, and a security leader who has to buy what they sell. One topic per episode, answered in the open.
A first look at Field Security Insights
Sixty seconds on why buyers finally see both halves of the story: the problem, and the product.
A security leader sets the problem. Abhijit Chakravarty, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Three vendors answer it. BluSapphire, Spharaka, Exaforce
A former Gartner analyst asks. Prateek Bhajanka
One Technology. 4 Conversations. A lot can happen in 60 minutes.
One topic, multiple perspectives: a security leader, an industry expert, and technology vendors. Every seat is an interview, not a sales pitch.Interviews, not sales pitches60 focused minutes
The Security Leader
Prateek in conversation with a security leader: the potential of AI in the SOC, the problems it can solve, and what they would expect from an AI SOC. No vendors in the room.
The series
Three episodes, one at a time
The Promise of AI SOC
A security leader defines the problem; three AI SOC vendors answer it, each interviewed by Prateek Bhajanka.
Explore & registerEpisode 2Coming soonAgentic AI Penetration Testing
Autonomous agents that probe, exploit, and report like a red team. Continuous offensive security, not a once-a-year test.
Get notifiedEpisode 3Coming soonExposure Management
Beyond scanning for vulnerabilities: a single view of what is genuinely exploitable, and worth fixing first.
Get notifiedSeeing is believing.
There are three ways to understand a security product. Walk through them.
Reading takes hours.
The research
Reports, analysis, frameworks. The slow, deep way to understand a market. It has always existed, and it always will. But nobody reads at the speed the market moves.
Meet Prateek Bhajanka
Prateek is not a media personality who learned security. He is a security practitioner and former Gartner analyst who picked up a microphone, and he asks vendors the questions buyers actually have.
Gartner
Senior Principal AnalystAt Gartner, Prateek authored Magic Quadrant research on endpoint protection and covered vulnerability management and security operations. His research helped enterprises around the world decide how to evaluate and buy security technology.
SentinelOne
APJ Field CISO DirectorHe then moved into the field, advising boards, security leaders, and governments, translating analyst rigor into decisions made under pressure.
The industry's ear
Writer & SpeakerA published voice in Dark Reading and a regular presence at security conferences, known for making complex topics feel simple.
FieldCISO
Founder & Chief Field CISOToday he leads FieldCISO Advisory. Field Security Insights is where the questions he once asked behind closed doors are asked in the open.
When Prateek asks a vendor why buyers should trust them, the answer carries the weight of the Magic Quadrant research he authored. That credibility is what your audience feels.
Are you a security vendor?
The call for vendor participation is open. Take a seat in an upcoming episode and let buyers hear your answers, in the open.