Andrew Bales is a Principal Analyst within the Secure Business and Infrastructure practice at Gartner. Mr. Bales' area of research and expertise is Data Security, including topics such a DLP vendors, DLP best practices and DLP strategy, Data Classification vendors, best practices and strategies, along with Data Masking vendors and best practices.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Bales worked as an Enterprise DLP Analyst at a managed security services provider, working on development of DLP programs, DLP policy development/compliance, and DLP incident management and governance. In addition, he has basic coverage of Data Classification and Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) strategies with regard to DLP.
Mr. Bales was a program analyst for several of InteliSecure's highest paying clients, managing all aspects of client's Data Loss Prevention programs.
InteliSecure
Data Loss Prevention Program Analyst
Security of Applications and Data
Infrastructure Security
B.S. Engineering Physics, Colorado School of Mines
1Data Loss Prevention Strategy and Vendors
2Data Loss Prevention Market
3Data Classification Strategy
4Data Masking