Charanpal Bhogal is a Senior Director in the High Tech & Invest part of Business Technology Insights (Formally R&A). Focusing on Network, Cloud and AI Security and providing C-Level advice for providers, adopters, and Innovation leads. Research brands include Impact Radars, Futures Lab, Tapestry, Top 10 Strategic Trends, Predicts, Maverick, Executive Bets and more. The group's mission is to aide Chief Product Officers and Product leaders on emerging trends and innovation and evolving product roadmaps
Charanpal's research coverage includes Zero Trust, SSE/SASE, Firewalls, Microsegmentation, NDR, Cloud WAAP, CNAPP, API Sec, MCP and AI Security
Previously Charanpal was a Director in Gartner Consulting supporting sales and delivery of consulting engagements. Charanpal was the KI lead for Networks and Cloud services globally supporting both end clients across infrastructure and security in requirements definition, reference design as well as support MSPs in their GTM strategies and product roadmaps
Prior to joining Gartner, Charanpal worked for BT Global Services as a Principal Network Design Authority where he supported RFP responses, design and delivery of bespoke networking solutions to BT's largest clients. His technical background encompasses most aspects of networking and security solutions globally.
BT Plc, Principal Architect, 14 years
Gartner , Director - Consulting, 11 years
Infrastructure Security
IT Operations and Cloud Management for Technical Professionals
Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact on Products and Services
Security Technology and Infrastructure for Technical Professionals
Technology Buying Dynamics
M.Sc., Information Systems, Leeds University
B.Sc. (Hons), Mathematics and Statistics, Queen Mary College, University of London
Charanpal is certified across vendors including: CISSP (2008),CCIE,CCNP,CCSP,CCDP,Azure/AWS Cloud
Zero Trust, SASE/SSE, Firewalls, Microsegmentation, Cloud and AI Security
NDR, XDR, AI Security, MCP, Microsegmentation
CNAPP, CWPP, CSPM, CDR
Network Security, Firewalls, Microsegmentation
Enterprise Networking