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Andrew Bales
Sr Principal Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Data Security
Speaker Bio
Andrew Bales is a Sr. Principal Analyst within the Secure Business and Infrastructure practice at Gartner. Mr. Bales' area of research and expertise is Data Security, including topics such as Data Loss Prevention (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 DLP Analyst at a managed security services provider, working on development of DLP programs, DLP policy development/compliance, and DLP incident management and governance.
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Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Bales worked as an DLP Analyst at a managed security services provider, working on development of DLP programs, DLP policy development/compliance, and DLP incident management and governance.
Sessions
Wednesday, 23 July, 2025 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM JST
4 Essential Steps to Effectively Support DLP to Avoid Wasteful Investments
Andrew Bales,
Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
This session will provide actionable insights on addressing critical dependencies and deploying robust data loss prevention (DLP) strategies to safeguard sensitive data and ensure regulatory compliance. Gain the knowledge required to protect your organization's most valuable assets and achieve successful DLP implementation.
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Thursday, 24 July, 2025 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM JST
Outlook for Data Security 2025
Andrew Bales,
Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
In 2025, data security is paramount as organizations face increasingly complex data exposure vectors and more critical data risks. With the rise of AI, securing sensitive data continues to be a crucial objective for security leaders. As such, they must reinforce security measures and ensure real-time data exfiltration prevention with automated incident response to safeguard against breaches, maintain trust, and comply with evolving regulations.
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Friday, 25 July, 2025 01:15 PM - 01:45 PM JST
Data Security: What You're Doing Wrong and What You're Doing Right
Andrew Bales,
Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner
Data security is a difficult endeavor. Trying to do data security without the business buy-in? Nearly impossible! For many security leaders, they try to implement data security without obtaining business buy-in, which complicates efforts in an already difficult endeavor. This session will guide attendees on data security governance; showing how traditional data security approaches were too static and prompting to develop adaptive data security governance.
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