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Craig Lawson
VP Analyst
Craig Lawson is a Research Vice President with Gartner, focusing on network security, firewalls, SASE, 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.
Previous experience
Prior to this, Mr. Lawson was in technical consulting, penetration testing and presales.
Professional background
HP
Solution Architect for Enterprise Security Products
IBM
Presales Team Lead and Solution Architect
Dimension Data Australia
Solution Architect
Areas of coverage
Security Operations
Cloud and Edge Infrastructure
Infrastructure Security
Education
Associate Diploma of Business Computing
Bachelor of Business Computing
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Selection and implementation of infrastructure protection technology and cloud security
2Selection and implementation of security monitoring products and services, including SIEM, XDR, SASE, threat intelligence, firewall, IPS, IDS, UEBA
3Implementation of a vulnerability management strategy
4Managed security service providers (MSSP) and Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
5Threat intelligence