IDC
Needham, MA
IDC Research Director, AI Security and Trust US-- Job ID: 2026-6719 Type: Regular (Full Time) # of Openings: 1 Category: Research IDC Overview About the Role & Team IDC is seeking a Research Director to help define and lead research coverage in one of the most dynamic areas of the security market: AI security and trust. This role will focus on emerging technologies, vendors, and buyer priorities at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and cloud, and digital infrastructure. The Research Director will be responsible for building syndicated research and thought leadership around the technologies, practices, and market shifts shaping how organizations secure AI models, data, agents, and infrastructure. Coverage is expected to span areas such as AI runtime security, AI trust and governance, AI data security, agentic identity management, AI-enabled security operations, and AI factory / AI infrastructure security. This role will work with both vendor...