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Pete Shoard
VP Analyst, Chief of Research
Pete Shoard is Gartner's Chief of Research for Cybersecurity and is responsible for leading and promoting Gartner's thought leadership within the Cybersecurity domain. His direct coverage focuses on areas surrounding Security Operations Centers (SOC) including: best practices for building measuring and managing SOC teams, techniques and processes involving the identification of the attack surface, threat exposure, and the detection and response to ongoing cyber threats. As well as the acquisition and scoping of services to augment SOC teams such as Managed Detection and Response (MDR).
Previous experience
Mr. Shoard was responsible for the oversight and vision surrounding the development and enhancement of BT's Managed Security Services Platform. He supported BT's service and product strategy through the use of big data, automation and orchestration technologies. Before BT Group, he was Head of Product Development for SecureData Europe. There he was responsible for the development and integration of the vulnerability identification, threat detection and threat defense products and services offered as part of SecureData GI. He has experience of working within operational security environments while at BAE Systems Detica (now BAE Applied Intelligence) and developing advanced behavioral analytics for the detection of state-led attacks against international commercial and defense-related organizations. Mr. Shoard served 9 years operationally in the Royal Air Force, having previously held security clearance, working in national defense and Radar/Tactical Datalink-based systems.
Professional background
BT Security, Chief Architect - Capability, 1 years
SecureData, Head of Product Development, 2 years
BAE Systems Detica, Managed Security Threat Detection Lead, 3 years
Areas of coverage
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Cybersecurity Leadership
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Security Operations
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Aiding selection and acqusition of the most effective MDR
Defining security operations centre strategy
Identifying appropriate security detection use cases
Setting best practice for security operations processes and staffing
Identifying and managing threat exposure