Analyst bio
Michael is the Principal Analyst at Osterman Research, with broad interests in cybersecurity, AI, and talent strategies. Michael started with Osterman Research in 2008.
Michael is the author of seven books and has contributed to over 150 research programs at Osterman Research.
Michael holds a Master of Commerce with first-class honours in telecommunications-based IT from the University of Canterbury.
Michael works from the New Zealand office of Osterman Research.
Recent reports from Osterman’s Research Agenda
Michael was the lead analyst on the following projects from Osterman’s Research Agenda:
- Strengthening Identity Security: Visibility, Governance, and Autonomous Remediation (August 2025)
- CISO and CIO Investment Priorities for Cybersecurity in 2025 (March 2025)
- Using AI to Enhance Defensive Cybersecurity (November 2024)
- Making the SOC More Efficient (October 2024)
- Safeguarding Identity Security: We Need to Talk about MFA (September 2024)
- The Role of AI in Email Security (August 2023)
Recent commissioned research reports
Michael was the lead analyst on the following commissioned research projects:
- The State of AI: Go Beyond the Hype to Navigate Trust, Security & Value (October 2025 / AvePoint)
- 2025 Cyber Survey: Application security at a breaking point (June 2025 / Radware)
- Cybersecurity Perspectives 2025: Keeping pace with the threat velocity of AI-driven cyber attacks (April 2025 / Scale Venture Partners)
- The State of Email Security in 2025 (March 2025 / TitanHQ)
- Pursuing Operational Excellence with Automation and Orchestration (December 2024 / Jitterbit)
- Email Security Threats Against Critical Infrastructure Organizations (released September 2024 / OPSWAT)
- Backing Up Cloud Workloads to Achieve Security and Compliance Mandates (June 2024 / OpenText)