Gartner Expert
Chris Silva
VP Analyst
Chris Silva is a Vice President, Analyst within Gartner's Security and Risk Leaders organization focused on mobile and endpoint security technologies such as SASE, EPP and EDR tools. I continue to support Gartner clients with their application of endpoint management technologies in pursuit of security and compliance-driven outcomes.
Chris's research and advisory support clients making investments in EPP and EDR tooling, securing endpoints and their data and using tools like Unified endpoint Management (UEM) strategies to drive improvements to enable anywhere operations, securely.
Mr. Silva regularly speaks at Gartner events, has been a featured speaker at The Consumer Electronics Show (CES). He is frequently featured in print, radio and television media in outlets including CNN, National Public Radio (NPR) and in trade publications and major print media such as the Wall Street Journal.
Chris lives and works outside Boston, MA. When not fiddling with one of many pieces of technology littering his home office, he's cooking and trying to spend as much time outside and on the water as possible.
Previous experience
Mr. Silva has covered technology as an analyst in various roles over the past two decades. Prior to his current role at Gartner, he founded and ran his own advisory firm focused on IT vendor strategy and spent time as the member of an IT support organization in higher education.
His professional background includes work in scoping and managing complex, research-backed consulting engagements, conducting primary research to inform strategic private equity investments and running marketing and PR functions for a boutique analyst firm focused on SaaS software.
Professional background
Altimeter Group Research
Senior Analyst
The Institute for Applied Network Security
Senior Vice President, Research and Service Delivery
Forrester Research
Senior Analyst
Areas of coverage
Digital Workplace Infrastructure and Operations
Security and Risk Management Leaders
Security Operations
Infrastructure Security
Education
B.S., Marketing, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Mobile Device Management (MDM/EMM) and Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
2Mobile Application Management (MAM)
3Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policies and Procedures
4SaaS Management Platforms and Tools