About Richard Addiscott

As a Senior Director Analyst in Gartner's global Security and Risk Management research and analysis practice, I help CISOs and senior cybersecurity executive clients build and deliver highly effective information security programs and build high performing cybersecurity teams. With over twenty years of experience in industry, I have held enterprise information security and IT leadership, information security consulting and advisory, IT governance, and business development roles across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. My mission is to deliver business value by leading the development and management of customer-centric information security capabilities and strategies. I am a strategic thinker with outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills, and a proven ability to achieve results. I specialize in executive information and cybersecurity leadership and advisory, security strategy and roadmap, governance, board reporting and engagement, information and digital security risk management, and coaching and mentoring.