Gartner Expert

Ruggero Contu

Sr Director Analyst

Ruggero Contu is part of a team of analysts who focusing on security technologies and trends relating to enterprises. With a particular focus chief product officers and product managers, Mr. Contu develops strategic advice to create and deliver highly successful products and services.

In his role as Senior Research Director, Mr. Contu has also been advising Gartner end-user clients on the topics of operational technology (OT) security and security operations such threat intelligence and attack surface management as part of broader research on information security during over 20 years.

He launched and chaired in 2015 the first Gartner India Security and Risk Summit, until 2017. Mr. Contu's long-standing research focus on the information security market has enabled him to develop a deep understanding of the technology trends, competitive dynamics and main issues affecting security professionals and technology and service providers (TSPs) in this area.

His research on security has a particularly focused on regional trends. His work with TSPs gained him considerable experience in providing advice on the design of optimum go-to-market, product and messaging strategies. This role allows Mr. Contu to help security vendors plan future investments that are aligned with the market direction, security buyers understand how emerging trends can impact their security programs or budgets, and investors identify global growth opportunities for security.

Previous experience

In his previous role at Gartner, Mr. Contu was the leading worldwide market analyst for the IT operations management (ITOM) area. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Contu worked at Pernod Ricard, where he helped implement an ERP system.

Professional background

Gartner, Principal Research Analyst, 11 years

World Brands Duty Free (Pernod Ricard Group), Sales and Operations Executive (Supporting ERP Implementation), 3 years

Areas of coverage

  • Digital Workplace Infrastructure and IT Operations

Education

M.S., Information Security, Royal Holloway, University of London

B.A., European Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London, With Honors

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Security vendors: Product portfolio strategies, go-to-market planning, comp. landscape, service expansion

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Security vendors: Acquisition, partnering and ecosystem planning for forward-looking trends

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Security investors: Emerging security technologies and trends, major security market disruptions

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Enterprise security buyers: Key security trends for budgeting and forward planning

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Enterprise security buyers: Project strategy for threat intelligence services, endpoint security, cloud security projects