Patrick Donegan is the Founder and Principal Analyst of HardenStance, a leading industry analyst firm that delivers trusted research, analysis and insight in IT and telecom security. Founded in 2017, HardenStance is a well-known voice in telecom security, a leader in custom cybersecurity research, and a leading publisher of telco security reports and White Papers. HardenStance produces the annual “Telco Strategies for Consumer Security” report and webinar programme, delivered every year in February. HardenStance is also a strong advocate of industry collaboration in cybersecurity. HardenStance openly supports the work of key industry associations and SDOs including NetSecOPEN, The GSM Association, ETSI and TM Forum. He is also a recognized ‘Champion’ of The Cyber Threat Alliance.
HardenStance carries out an annual, global survey assessing telco spending patterns on consumer security software spanning endpoint security, home router security agents and DNS security. Patrick will share this year’s findings amidst soaring incidences of online scams throughout the world. He will also give some pointers regarding how far telcos are willing to go to offer additional protections to their users – and on what terms.