Vendor Expert (Cybersecurity Products)
Help security leaders make better technology decisions. Share your expertise on the products you know best.
IANS is building the Vendor Intelligence Database (VID), a next-generation cybersecurity practitioner intelligence platform designed to provide decision makers with practical, user written insights on cybersecurity products and services. Unlike traditional vendor profiles and analyst summaries, VID is built from the perspective of practitioners who have directly evaluated, implemented, administered, or operated these solutions in real-world environments.
We're looking for experienced cybersecurity professionals to serve as Vendor Experts and contribute insights for products they know through recent use.
What You'll Do
As a Vendor Expert, you'll share your experience with specific cybersecurity products by:
Your contributions will help fellow practitioners cut through marketing claims and make more informed security technology decisions.
Why Participate?
This is not a traditional consulting or employment role. Most contributors participate on a flexible basis, providing current insight on products they already know well.
Who We're Looking For
You may be a good fit if you have recent hands-on experience with one or more cybersecurity products, including as:
Experience may include evaluating, purchasing, implementing, administering, operating, or supporting cybersecurity technologies.
About IANS
IANS is a trusted cybersecurity research and advisory organization that helps security leaders make informed decisions through practitioner-driven insights and expert guidance. The Vendor Intelligence Database extends that mission by providing the cybersecurity community with deeper, experience-based perspectives on hundreds of security products.
Interested? We'd love to learn about the security products you know best and explore whether you'd be a fit for our Vendor Expert community.
For the security practitioner caught between rapidly evolving threats and demanding executives, IANS Research is a clear-headed resource for decision-making and articulating risk. We provide experience-based security insights for Chief Information Security Officers and their teams. The core of our value comes from the IANS Faculty, a network of seasoned practitioners. We support client decisions and executive communications with Ask-an-Expert inquiries, our peer community, deployment-focused reports, tools and templates, and consulting.
