Paul Proctor is a VP and Distinguished Analyst, and former Chief of Research for Risk and Security at Gartner. He leads CIO research for outcome-driven metrics. His strength in connecting investment to business outcomes supports CIOs across diverse challenges including digital investment, cost optimization, measurement, board reporting, cybersecurity, M&A and risk management. Mr. Proctor advises CIOs, executives and boards to manage risk and balance the needs to protect with the needs to run their business.

Mr. Proctor's groundbreaking research in risk, value, and cost (RVC) management helps organizations prioritize and invest in the readiness of technology to support their business and mission outcomes. His work on cybersecurity as a business decision helps organizations prioritize and invest in cyber through protection level agreements (PLA) and outcome-driven metrics (ODM). This work also led to the creation of the world's first protection-level benchmark that is transforming how organizations in every industry, of every size, globally measure, report, and invest in cybersecurity. In 2016, he was appointed to the University of California Cyber Risk Advisory Board by former Secretary of Homeland Security and UC President, Janet Napolitano.