The Analyst Brief
Simon Moffatt and ex-Gartner analyst David Mahdi on identity and security market moves, acquisitions, and conference takeaways.
- Hosts
- Simon Moffatt, David Mahdi
- Publisher
- The Cyber Hut · Analyst
- Pillar
- Workforce Identity, Machine, Workload & Secrets
- Level
- Executive
- Format
- Co-host discussion
- Cadence
- Irregular, roughly monthly, 35 to 60 min
- Status
- Irregular, last episode 2026-06-30
- Since
- 2022
- Episodes
- 75
What it is
The Analyst Brief is the podcast of The Cyber Hut, the identity research firm founded by Simon Moffatt, co-hosted with David Mahdi, a former Gartner analyst. It offers commentary on the identity and cyber security markets: acquisitions (for example Cisco and Astrix Security), product category shifts, and reviews of RSAC and Identiverse.
Who it suits
Identity leaders, product strategists, and investors who want an analyst read on where the market is moving, without a vendor's framing.
Editor note
Two experienced analysts talking candidly, which is rarer than it should be in this space. It is a market show, not a how-to, and it pairs well with our acquisitions tracker. Episodes come roughly monthly with gaps; the latest, in June 2026, reviewed Identiverse 2026's agentic AI and non-human identity themes.
Last verified 2026-09-30 against the show's feed, recent episode notes, and the publisher's own pages. Status and last-episode date update weekly from the feed.
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