Speaker Biography

Renee Murphy

Principal Analyst

Sessions Featuring This Speaker

Forrester's Forum For Technology Management Leaders

05/05/2014

  • 02:40 PM - 03:20 PM

    Stop Ignoring Vendor Risk

    Reliance on new, innovative partners and an increasingly global supply chain means your business risk is more widely distributed and mostly out of your control. Whether it's damaging product quality issues, an embarrassing privacy breach, or failure to deliver on customer service demands, your partners’ mistakes directly impact your customers' experiences and perceptions of your brand. If you rely on suppliers for any substantial aspect of your business, it's likely only a matter of time before one of their big mistakes becomes your big brand nightmare. This session will provide an overview of key third party risks and the strategies that help you protect your firm as it becomes more globally and digitally connected. It will illustrate:

    • Why managing third party risk matters more for digital businesses.
    • The importance of action plans for managing supplier risk more effectively.
    • A case study review of an exceptional third party risk program and its extraordinary outcome.

Research Focus

Renee is a principal analyst at Forrester serving Security & Risk Professionals. She covers governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), with a special focus on audit, controls management, information security, and risk management. In this role, she helps Forrester clients strengthen their risk and compliance environments based on her extensive audit experience and technology expertise. Renee is also a frequent speaker at vendor events and industry conferences on subjects such as security and risk best practices and guidance on the implementation of Control Objectives for Information Technology (COBIT).

Previous Work Experience

Renee's previous work experience includes internal and external auditing, security consulting, data center management, network engineering, and compliance program implementations. Her work has spanned financial services, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, entertainment, retail, high-tech, and service industries.

Education

Renee attended The Pennsylvania State University's College of Fine Arts, and she is a member of ISACA, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA).