Ant Allan Research VP Lincoln United Kingdom Years of Experience 10 years at Gartner 26 years IT industry Areas of Coverage Security & Privacy View Latest Research Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner 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 LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Entitlement Life Cycle Management: Access Control Through Entitlement Resolution 04-Feb-2010 Earl Perkins, Ant Allan Why Your IBM z/OS Mainframe May Not Be as Secure as You Think It Is and What You Can Do About It 20-Jan-2010 Ant Allan Good Authentication Choices for Workforce Remote Access 21-Dec-2009 Ant Allan, John Girard Balancing Cost, Risk and Growth: The 2009 Gartner Symposium Analyst Keynote 15-Dec-2009 Susan Landry, Stephen Prentice, Brian Gammage, Barbara Gomolski, Andy Kyte, Carol Rozwell, Nigel Rayner, Paul E. Proctor, Ant Allan, Andreas Bitterer Toolkit: Identity and Access Management Program Maturity Assessment 25-Nov-2009 Ant Allan