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.
Mr. Bales was a DLP analyst for several of InteliSecure's highest paying clients, managing all aspects of client's Data Loss Prevention programs.
InteliSecure, Data Loss Prevention Analyst, 3 years
Security of Applications and Data
Infrastructure Security
B.S. Engineering Physics, Colorado School of Mines
Data Loss Prevention Strategy and Vendors
Data Loss Prevention Market
Data Classification
Data Masking