Analyst Profile

Avivah Litan

VP Distinguished Analyst

19 years at Gartner , 34 years industry experience
MD USA

Roles and Responsibilities

Avivah Litan is a Vice President and Distinguished Analyst in Gartner Research. Ms. Litan's areas of expertise include endpoint security, security analytics for cybersecurity and fraud, user and entity behavioral analytics, and insider threat detection.

Areas of Coverage

Security & Privacy

Avivah Litan's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Report Highlight for Market Insight: Increase Market Share With User-Aware and Bundled Endpoint Security
11-Oct-2017
Market Insight: Increase Market Share With User-Aware and Bundled Endpoint Security
28-Sep-2017
Begin Investing Now in Enhanced Machine-Learning Capabilities for Fraud Detection
14-Jul-2017

Background

Previous Experience

Before joining Gartner, Ms. Litan worked as a Director of Financial Systems at the World Bank. She also worked as a journalist and columnist for the Washington Times.

Professional Background

Booz Allen Hamilton, Consultant, 2 years
Sperry Univac, Systems Analyst, 1 year
World Bank, Senior Manager, 15 years

Industry Awards/Accolades

Outstanding Research Achievement Award
Several Other Research Awards
Thought Leadership Award

Education

Executive Education Program, Harvard Business School
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Languages

English
Hebrew

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3 October 2017
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018 The intelligent digital mesh is a foundation for future digital business and its ecosystems. To create competitive advantage, enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders must evaluate these top trends to identify opportunities that their organizations can exploit.
29 September 2017
Maverick* Insights Drive Creative Destruction of Business as Usual: A Gartner Trend Insight Report Digitalization's pace and scale subverts conventional business thinking with constant "creative destruction." Faced with such turmoil, IT and business leaders must think and act in unconventional ways for their organizations to thrive. (Maverick research exposes unconventional thinking and advice.)

23 Oct 2017
The Disruptive Potential of Blockchain Technology EDT: 11:00 a.m. | PDT: 8:00 a.m. | GMT: 15:00 Everyone is talking about blockchain, but there's a great deal of misunderstanding around this disruptive innovation. We find that 90% of enterprise blockchain projects actually don't need blockchain technology, and in fact would be better off without it. This session covers root causes for this misalignment, shows how to deal with avoidable mistakes in blockchain projects and how to conceive realistic projects that will deliver business value.
24 Oct 2017
Monetizing Public Cloud Opportunities in China, Russia and India EDT: 9:00 a.m. | PDT: 6:00 a.m. | GMT: 13:00 All IT markets are directly or indirectly disrupted by Cloud Services. Gartner predicts that through 2020 the Cloud shift will grow to $216 Billion. The magnitude of the cloud shift varies by market segment and geographic region. With this shift, incumbent infrastructure providers are exploring ways to defend their traditional business model. In this session, we'll provide Business Unit leaders at IT providers guidance on how they can benefit from the cloud shift in emerging markets.