Daniel Kennedy
Research Analyst and CISO in New York, NY
Background informs perspective. I began my career as an application developer, managing a global team that rolled out early online brokerage platforms. I often joke that I introduced so many early web vulnerabilities into production that I was eventually told to go fix them—the perfect catalyst for a transition into application security.
That hands-on foundation shaped my path as a practitioner. I moved from engineering into enterprise risk leadership within the financial services sector, driving security frameworks at BNY Pershing before serving as Global CISO for D.B. Zwirn & Co.
Today, I analyze the market from the analyst side. As the creator and lead analyst for the Voice of the Enterprise: Information Security quantitative research at S&P Global (451 Research), I map the budgets and operational playbooks of thousands of global enterprise programs.
Having sat in both chairs, I cut through market noise to analyze the economic, operational, and architectural realities facing enterprise security leaders. Follow me and read my latest analysis directly on LinkedIn via the link below.