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Ant Allan
Ant Allan
Research VP
Lincoln United Kingdom
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Years of Experience
9 years at Gartner
25 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Security & Privacy

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Roles and Responsibilities
Ant Allan, Ph.D., is a research vice president in Gartner Research. He is a core member of the identity and access management (IAM) research community and specializes in IAM program management and in key "authentication" and related "administration" technologies, processes and best practices.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Allan worked for two years as a product manager for security software products with a U.K. distributor. Before that, he worked for seven years in information security management for GA Life, focusing on IBM OS/390 RACF and information security policy, after short stints in application development and information technology training.
Professional Background
Software (Europe) Ltd., Technical Consultant, 2 years
GA Life (now part of Aviva), Senior Information Security Analyst, 12 years
Education
Ph.D., Theoretical Particle Physics, University of Durham, United Kingdom
B.S., with honors, Physics, University of Durham, United Kingdom




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Predicts 2010: New Delivery Models and New Business Needs Are Changing the IAM Market 18-Nov-2009 Ray Wagner, Ant Allan, Gregg Kreizman, Avivah Litan, Earl Perkins
Gartner Identity and Access Management Program Maturity Model 08-Oct-2009 Ant Allan, Earl Perkins, Tom Scholtz
Toolkit: Gartner Authentication Method Evaluation Scorecards 08-Sep-2009 Ant Allan
Adaptive Access Control Emerges 11-Aug-2009 Ant Allan, Earl Perkins
Hype Cycle for Human-Computer Interaction, 2009 22-Jul-2009 Stephen Prentice, Jackie Fenn, Jim Davies, Johan Jacobs, Bern Elliot, David Mario Smith, Monica Basso, Mike Williams, Mark Raskino, Mikako Kitagawa, Paul O'Donovan, Jim Tully, Rafe John Graham Ball, Amy Teng, Nick Jones, Thilo Koslowski, Jonathan Edwards, Ant Allan, Carolina Milanesi, Toby Bell