Joshua Corman Appointed Research Director, Security, to Accelerate and Grow The 451 Group's Enterprise Security Program.

The 451 Group has appointed Joshua Corman, most recently Principal Security Strategist at IBM Internet Security Systems, to head up its research team in the area of IT enterprise security. As Research Director, Corman will lead the 451 security team both intellectually and operationally, with responsibility for extending and increasing the value delivered by the 451 across all client segments.

"We are very happy to welcome Joshua to lead our already well-established security team," said Martin V McCarthy, CEO of The 451 Group. "He brings an impressive combination of technical acumen, business context and industry expertise. Joshua is passionate about the field, and his enthusiasm will assist and enable positive change in the industry. I am confident that as an accomplished writer, speaker and leader, Corman will extend the research value, and the types of actionable insight that we can bring to our customers."

"I'm excited to be joining The 451 Group because of their proud tradition of integrity and their focus on the future," said Joshua Corman, Research Director, Enterprise Security. "I will concentrate the team's attention on challenging conventional wisdom, FUD-busting and intellectual honesty. The security industry needs to be challenged and needs true leadership to evolve. Clarity, pragmatism and fresh thinking are critical as organizations embrace the cloud and other disruptive innovations."

Corman has more than a decade in security and networking software, and in his previous role at IBM was responsible for driving the strategy for emerging technologies, including secure virtualization and secure cloud computing.

Corman is a highly coveted speaker and has spoken at leading industry events such as RSA, Interop, ISACA, Computerworld, InfoSec and IT Security World. His efforts to educate and challenge the industry recently led NetworkWorld magazine to recognize Corman as a top Influencer of IT for 2009.

Prior to his role at IBM, Corman was a product development leader at vCIS Technology, when IBM Internet Security Systems acquired the company in 2002 for its preemptive behavioral inspection technology.

Corman received a bachelor's degree in philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire. He lives with his wife and two daughters in New Hampshire.

About The 451 Group

The 451 Group is an independent technology-industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. The company's analysts provide critical and timely insight into the market and competitive dynamics of innovation in emerging technology segments. Clients of the company -- at vendor, investor, service-provider and end-user organizations -- rely on The 451 Group insight to support both strategic and tactical decision-making for competitive advantage.

The 451 Group is headquartered in New York, with offices in key locations, including San Francisco, London and Boston. The company also operates Tier1 Research -- an independent division of The 451 Group -- which analyzes the financial and industry implications of developments impacting public and private companies within the hosting, communications and Internet infrastructure sectors.

For additional information on The 451 Group or to apply for trial access to its services, go to: www.the451group.com or www.tier1research.com

For more information about the expanding analyst team at The 451 Group, please visit: http://www.the451group.com/about/our_team.php

SOURCE: The 451 Group

The 451 Group 
Martin McCarthy, 212-505-3030, ext. 101 
martin.mccarthy@the451group.com

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