Manuel Acosta is a Sr. Director, Advisory for Gartner Research and Advisory IT Role-based Products Security Leaders. Mr. Acosta is responsible for providing voice of the market for research teams and bringing Gartner's research to life. Manuel recently joined Gartner after over 16 years in the Department of Defense Industry working alongside numerous Federal Government agencies.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Acosta led a Cybersecurity organization at Raytheon Technologies and was also a Global Security Services Cybersecurity Program Manager for Raytheon Missile and Defense. His experience also includes IT System Administration, Chief Information Systems Security Manager, Principle Systems Security Engineering and Security Operations Manager.
Led Cybersecurity Operations within classified networks on enterprise wide technical solutions and applications.
Marvel Technologies, Director, Information Security Operations, 1 years
NCI, Systems Security Engineer, 3 years
Raytheon Technologies, Sr. ISSM / Cybersecurity Operations Lead, 9 years
I&O Organizational Strategy
I&O Operations Management
Cyber Risk
Cybersecurity Leadership
Build and Optimize Cybersecurity Programs
Masters of Engineering: Cybersecurity Policy & Compliance, George Washington University
Masters of Business Administration, University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science: Business Management, University of Phoenix
Cybersecurity Program Management
Cybersecurity / Cloud Security Strategy / AI Security
Cybersecurity Risk Management
CISO Assessments / IT Score
Security Frameworks