Analyst Profile
Andrew Walls
Andrew Walls
Research VP
Grass Valley, CA USA
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Years of Experience
6 years at Gartner
36 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Security & Privacy

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Roles and Responsibilities
Andrew Walls is a Research Vice President in Gartner Research, where he specializes in information security practices, tools and markets in social media, enterprise governance, awareness/communications, directories, investigations, managed security services and security program management. Security practices and markets in the Asia/Pacific region are also a focus of his research agenda.
Previous Experience
Mr. Walls has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Walls was a principal security consultant for Cybertrust Australia, where his practice focused on ISMS development, security governance, breach investigations and compliance assessments. Before that, he worked in financial services security for HBOSA (BankWest). Prior to his concentration on information security, Mr. Walls worked in software development, product management, database design and IT management for commercial and educational organizations.
Professional Background
Cybertrust Australia, Principal Security Consultant, 4 years
Halifax Bank of Scotland Australia (BankWest), Information Security and Risk Specialist, 4 years
Coflexip Stena Offshore, IT Manager and Security Director, 1 year
Industry Awards/Accolades
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Education
M.B.A., Marketing and Finance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A., Chemistry and Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill




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Cool Vendors in Risk Management and Compliance, 2013 03-May-2013 French Caldwell, Daryl C. Plummer, Kenneth Chin, Carol Rozwell, Andrew Walls
User Behavior Can Improve Security, but Only With Development and Practice 30-Apr-2013 Andrew Walls
Cool Vendors in Security: Security Intelligence, 2013 29-Apr-2013 Joseph Feiman, Neil MacDonald, Dionisio Zumerle, Avivah Litan, Andrew Walls, Ray Wagner
Cool Vendors in Social Software and Collaboration, 2013 26-Apr-2013 Mike Gotta, Tom Austin, Hanns Koehler-Kruener, Anne Lapkin, Andrew Walls, Matthew W. Cain
Survey Analysis: Security and Risk Management in China, 2013 15-Apr-2013 Rob McMillan, Carsten Casper, Andrew Walls