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Lawrence Orans
Managing Vice President
Lawrence Orans focuses on network security research. He assists chief information security officers and their direct reports in developing network-based strategies for mitigating security threats. Mr. Orans is the lead author for Gartner's Secure Web Gateway Magic Quadrant. He also helps drive Gartner's SASE research and Zero Trust research.
Previous experience
Prior to joining Gartner in 1997, Mr. Orans held systems engineering positions at IBM, 3Com and Bay Networks (via Wellfleet Communications), where he worked with enterprises on designing and implementing secure network infrastructures.
Professional background
IBM
Programmer/Systems Engineer
3Com
Systems Engineer
Bay Networks
Systems Engineer
Areas of coverage
Infrastructure Security
Education
M.B.A., Stern School of Business at New York University
B.S., Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Developing strategies for migrating to SASE
2Best practices for selecting and implementing secure web gateway (SWG) solutions
3Developing strategies for adopting Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
4Analyzing network detection and response (NDR) solutions
5Mitigating the impact of DDoS attacks