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Nick Hayes

Researcher serving Security & Risk PROFESSIONALS

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Blog: Security & Risk Blog

Nick is a Researcher serving Security & Risk Professionals. His research is dedicated to the organizational and strategic elements of building a successful governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) program, including a focus on culture, communications, and other human aspects of GRC. Specific areas of expertise include how organizations can improve corporate culture as well as best practices for dealing with the emerging risk and compliance challenges of social media.

Nick works with clients to understand industry benchmarking data and best practices to implement effective change. In addition to the focus areas described above, he has experience delivering consulting and advisory work in areas including enterprise and IT risk management, information security program effectiveness, security awareness, and security services.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to his current role as a researcher, Nick was a senior research associate on Forrester's Security & Risk team. In that role, he interviewed hundreds of IT professionals and technology vendors while conducting primary and secondary research for Forrester reports and consulting engagements. Before joining Forrester, Nick studied government at Wesleyan University with a focus on international politics, working on topics such as international security and foreign policy.

Education

Nick graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in government.

Research Coverage:

Governance, Risk & Compliance, IT Risk Management, IT Talent Management, Organizational Design & Change Management, Security Program Governance, Security, Risk and Compliance, Social Computing, Staff Development, Training & Succession Management, Strategy & Strategic Planning, Strategy, Planning & Governance of IT

Nick Hayes's Research

For Security & Risk Professionals
Report: Reinvent Security Awareness To Engage The Human Firewall
Andrew Rose, Nick HayesApril 12, 2013
For too long, creating security awareness has been an afterthought, something CISOs did in their spare time after putting out the operational fires that sprang up around them with alarming regul...
- Downloads: 155
For Security & Risk Professionals
Report: Top 15 Trends S&R Pros Should Watch: Q2 2013
John Kindervag, Stephanie Balaouras, Nick Hayes, Christopher Sherman, Eve Maler, Heidi Shey, Rick HollandApril 09, 2013
From frantic security operations problems to the changing threat landscape, CISOs, senior security leaders, and other IT risk management leaders consistently have trouble keeping up with key tre...
- Downloads: 291
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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
Report: Enhance Business Technology Resiliency With An Effective Crisis Communication Strategy
Stephanie Balaouras, Nick HayesMarch 28, 2013
Year after year, when asked to name the top lessons learned from contingency plan invocations, organizations consistently cite that they underestimated how difficult it would be to communicate e...
- Downloads: 138
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Report: Designate Clear Lines Of Risk And Compliance Accountability
Christopher McClean, Nick HayesFebruary 04, 2013
Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) encompass an incredibly broad set of functions for organizations in any geography, in any industry. In fact, almost all employees play some role in helping...
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For Security & Risk Professionals
Report: Maximize Business Performance With A World-Class GRC Program
Christopher McClean, Nick HayesJanuary 25, 2013
Unexpected events are at best distracting and at worst catastrophic for an organization as it strives to meet its objectives. Risk and compliance professionals must help their colleagues anticip...
- Downloads: 201

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For Security & Risk Professionals
Report: Understand Security And Risk Budgeting For 2013
Andrew Rose, Nick HayesJanuary 10, 2013
The global downturn has constrained security budgets for several years now, and chief information security officers (CISOs) have become accustomed to taking on more responsibilities without corr...
- Downloads: 841
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Report: Cultivate A Compliance And Risk Management Culture For Sustained Performance
Christopher McClean, Nick HayesJanuary 22, 2013
When you're challenged by a constantly changing regulatory landscape, business environment, and risk profile, it's easy to overlook the critical role corporate culture plays in keeping complianc...
- Downloads: 444
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Report: Manage The Risks Of Social Media
Nick HayesNovember 29, 2012
Social media is a security and risk nightmare — it's used everywhere, all the time, by everyone both outside and inside your organization. Although social media offers potentially great ma...
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Report: The Risk Manager's Handbook: How To Evaluate Risks To Plan An Effective Response
Christopher McClean, Nick HayesFebruary 02, 2012
The goal of a risk management program is to drive effective decisions and actions based on an understanding of how uncertainty may affect objectives. However, even mature programs that have soph...
- Downloads: 495
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Report: TechRadar™ For Risk Management Professionals: GRC, Q4 2012
Christopher McClean, Nick HayesDecember 05, 2012
The governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) technology market is one of fluctuation, confusion, and contention. Many technologies relevant for governance, risk management, and complian...
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Nick Hayes's Planned Reports

Jun 2013

Report: Understand The GRC Landscape Today And Prepare For Tomorrow

Failure of corporations to comply with regulations and to manage risks puts customers, employees, communities, and shareholders at risk on a daily basis.