Book | Security Yearbook: A Complete History And Directory Of The Entire Cybersecurity Industry | Redefining CyberSecurity With Richard Stiennon

Do you think you know all of the cybersecurity vendors on the market? Think again. Need help getting a clear view for how they all fit into the bigger InfoSec picture in your org? Have a listen.In today's episode, long-time industry analyst, Richard Stiennon, takes us on a journey down memory lane into the world of cybersecurity and the ever-growing landscape of innovation, technology, features, products, solutions, and more.About the bookSecurity Yearbook 2020 was launched at RSA Conference 2020 on February 24 and has been identified as One of the Best Cybersecurity Books of 2021 by Ben Rothke!The 2021 directory has been completely updated. 300 small vendors and two abject failures stopped supporting their websites in 2020. 600 new vendors were added, although only 13 high profile startups are listed. The Directory now contains 2,615 vendors of security products.Two new stories of the pioneers of the cybersecurity industry have been added. Renaud Deraison, creator of Nessus, and Amit Yoran founder of Riptech and CEO of Tenable contribute their stories.A new section has been added to track the performance of 21 publicly traded security vendors like Crowdstrike, Zscaler, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Networks.Thanks to AGC Partners, Security Yearbook 2021 contains a complete listing of M&A activity for 2020.There were over $10 billion in new investments in high-flying security vendors. A complete list and analysis of these deals is included.The biggest difference in the directory  this year is that the percent change in headcount is listed for each vendor. This is probably the most important metric for quickly assessing a vendor’s health. Successful vendors grow.Having known each other for years, Richard and Sean reminisce and they talk about the past, present, and future of the entire cybersecurity field.____________________________GuestRichard StiennonChief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest [@cyberwar]On Twitter | https://twitter.com/stiennonOn LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/stiennon/On YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJbNLvhmVGnRerhrSU1mFug____________________________This Episode’s SponsorsImperva: https://itspm.ag/imperva277117988HITRUST: https://itspm.ag/itsphitweb____________________________ResourcesSecurity Yearbook | A Complete History And Directory Of The Entire Cybersecurity Industry- 2021 edition: https://it-harvest.com/shop/security-yearbook-2021/- 2022 edition: https://it-harvest.com/shop/security-yearbook-2022/Connect with Richard at IT-Harvest: https://it-harvest.com/____________________________To see and hear more Redefining Security content on ITSPmagazine, visit:https://www.itspmagazine.com/redefining-cybersecurityAre you interested in sponsoring an ITSPmagazine Channel?👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/podcast-series-sponsorships Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.