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Erik Wahlstrom
VP Analyst
Erik Wahlstrom is a Sr. Research Director and Key Initiative Leader of the Identity and Access Management team within Gartner for Technical Professionals. Mr. Wahlstrom's primary focus areas are access management, machine identity management, API access control, modern identity protocols, authentication and authorization and public-key infrastructure (PKI).
Previous experience
Before joining Gartner, Mr. Wahlstrom's job responsibilities included product vision and strategy, product management, development management, architecture and programming. He has deep technical knowledge about standards and software development within identity and access management.
Professional background
Nexus Group
Director of Products
PortWise
Development Manager
Wahlstroms Tekniska
Founder and Consultant
Areas of coverage
Identity and Access Management for Technical Professionals
Education
Computer Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Mechanical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1API access control (part of API security)
2Access Management, Federation and Single Sign-On
3Machine Identities, Public-Key Infrastructures (PKI), Keys and Secrets Managers
4Modern Identity Protocols (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM and OPA)
5Building authentication and authorization into apps and services