Analyst Profile

Craig Lawson

Research VP

5 years at Gartner , 26 years industry experience
Australia

Roles and Responsibilities

Craig Lawson is a Research Vice President with Gartner, focusing on network security, firewalls, web application firewalls (WAF), IPS, IDS, SIEM, log management, vulnerability management, advanced persistent threats (APT), vulnerability research, threat intelligence, managed security service providers (MSSP), managed detection and response (MDR), cloud access security brokers (CASB) and cloud security.

Areas of Coverage

Security & Privacy

Craig Lawson's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

A Risk-Based Approach to Manage Enterprise Vulnerabilities in Highly Regulated Industries
10-Jan-2018
Magic Quadrant for Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
10-Jan-2018
Market Insight: What MSSPs Need to Know About Offering MDR Services
03-Jan-2018

Background

Previous Experience

Technical consulting, penetration testing, presales.

Professional Background

Dimension Data Australia, Solution Architect, 8 years
HP, Solution Architect for Enterprise Security Products, 2 years
IBM, Presales Team Lead and Solution Architect, 5 years

Industry Awards/Accolades

CISSP

Education

Associate Diploma of Business Computing
Bachelor of Business Computing

Languages

English

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6 April 2018
The Future of Work and Talent: Culture, Diversity, Technology The future of work is about forging a new relationship between technology and talent that transforms existing ways of working and doing business. This Special Report helps CIOs to shape this digital future with advice on long-term scenarios to inform strategy and near-term actions to implement it.
29 March 2018
Driving Cost Optimization Across the Enterprise: An Executive Perspective Leaders across the business must connect cost optimization efforts to the organization's larger objectives. Gartner's research helps leaders in numerous business areas determine how they can work individually and together to optimize costs without undermining strategic objectives.

23 Apr 2018
Cost Optimization: Using Analytics to Optimize IT and Business Costs 9:00 AM GMT | 4:00 AM EDT Cost optimization is a business-focused, continuous discipline to drive spending and cost reduction, while maximizing business value. In this webinar, we'll review the vital role analytics play in cost optimization: finding cost reduction opportunities, evaluating their potential impact on the business, and analyzing and selecting scenarios to spend for the best business outcomes.
23 Apr 2018
Lead Digital Business in 2018 and Beyond EDT: 11:00 a.m. | PDT: 8:00 a.m. | GMT: 16:00 Digital business transformation is a journey. Most CIOs think they are executing digital business transformation, but in reality there is a big gap between desire and deliver. CIOs can close this gap by using a digital business transformation map to guide their journey. The map includes finding landing points and places of high intensity transformation with other leaders. This session will explore ways that CIOs can move their organization from desire to deliver when it comes to digital business transformation. This includes creating urgency, telling stories, finding a transformation landing point and moving into high-intensity transformation.