Christopher McClean

Principal Analyst & Research Director serving Security & Risk PROFESSIONALS

Chris leads a team of analysts covering topics including compliance and risk management, security management, security services, and metrics. He also leads the company's coverage of governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). In this role, he helps clients around the world implement successful strategies, best practices, and technologies to support GRC programs as well as related functions such as enterprise risk management, corporate compliance, and corporate social responsibility. Chris is a frequent speaker on these subjects at vendor and industry events, and he has been quoted by top media outlets, including CFO Magazine, Compliance Week, and the Financial Times.

Previous Work Experience

His previous experience includes marketing and public relations for security, compliance, and risk management vendors.


Education

Chris has an M.S. in business ethics and compliance from the New England College of Business and Finance and a B.S. in marketing from California State University, Fresno.

Christopher McClean's Research

  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report: Designate Clear Lines Of Risk And Compliance Accountability

    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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    Report: Assess Your Security Program With Forrester's Information Security Maturity Model

    This report outlines the assessment framework associated with Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) executives. The report is designed to help CISOs as they continue working their...

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  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report: Maximize Business Performance With A World-Class GRC Program

    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: 202
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report: Build The Business Case For A GRC Platform

    As the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform market matures, product vendors struggle to point to credible return on investment figures, and potential buyers similarly struggle when as...

    • Downloads: 966
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report: Define And Articulate The Role Of Risk Management

    As a risk professional, you are currently in a position to exert more influence on your organization and increase the value you and your team can offer. Many of you will feel pressure to develop...

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    Report: Topic Overview: Governance, Risk, And Compliance

    Successful businesses universally strive to achieve better corporate governance, more effective measurement and management of risk, and greater assurance that compliance requirements are met. Wh...

    • Downloads: 6436
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report: The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Governance, Risk, And Compliance Platforms, Q4 2007

    Forrester evaluated 15 leading enterprise governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform vendors across approximately 100 criteria. BWise demonstrated the strongest overall offering, with AXENT...

    • Downloads: 2109
  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report: The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Governance, Risk, And Compliance Platforms, Q3 2009

    The enterprise governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) market is still relatively young, populated primarily by small but solid pure-play vendors. Growing corporate concerns have raised market ex...

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  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report: Trends 2009: Governance, Risk, And Compliance Hit The Big Time

    Another bubble burst. The chain reaction stemming from the credit crisis caused an implosion of the global economy. Political, corporate, and economic leaders have argued ferociously about how w...

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  • For Security & Risk Professionals

    Report: Best Practices: Implementing A Governance, Risk, And Compliance Program

    Software applications for managing governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) continue to mature with impressive features and functions. Even more impressive are the organizational and strategic adv...

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Christopher McClean'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.

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