William Candrick is a Director Analyst within Gartner's Risk and Security Management group. Mr. Candrick brings extensive experience researching cybersecurity management challenges, and regularly advises CISOs and their teams on maturing security and risk practices.
In particular, Mr. Candrick focuses on incident response, security awareness, security metrics and security policies. In addition, he helps CISOs communicate with the c-suite, boards and senior stakeholders.
Previously, Mr. Candrick was a Director & Lead Facilitator with Gartner's CISO Coalition. He served over 250 clients and helped security leaders develop and share solutions to top management challenges - including board reporting, security metrics, threat hunting, cost optimization and many more topics.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Candrick held research roles at CEB researching management best practices for CISOs and their teams.
In previous roles, Mr. Candrick researched and developed cybersecurity management best practices. He regularly advised CISOs and their teams, and facilitated peer sharing among security leaders.
CEB
Research Analyst
Security and Risk Management Leaders
Cybersecurity and IT Risk
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Carleton College, Magna Cum Laude
1Incident Response
2Security Awareness
3Security Policies
4Security Metrics
5CISO Board Reporting