Mark Harris is a Cybersecurity Advisor at Proofpoint. As a Former Sr Director Analyst at Gartner, he covered a number of security topics, including email security, and was the lead author on the Market Guide for Email Security. Harris authored numerous research notes as well as Magic Quadrant, Critical Capabilities, Hype Cycle and Cool Vendor reports. Prior to Gartner, he spent over 20 years in a variety of Software engineering roles at both McAfee and Sophos, including 8 years running the threat research labs at Sophos. He has over a dozen patents around cyber security and is an experienced speaker that has presented at many conferences, including RSA, InfoSec, Hacker Halted as well as TV and Radio interviews.