Apeksha Kaushik is a Principal analyst and works within the ETT Cybersecurity group at Gartner. She is focused on supporting CxOs and technology and service providers (TSPs) product leaders globally. She helps clients be security conscious, identify emerging technologies and trends impacting security, market dynamics and opportunities with buying preferences.
She provides research and advice to Product leaders on emerging tech and trends impact on Managed Security Service Providers, MDRs, XDRs. These initiatives include the discovery and tracking, understanding market dynamics and impact of emerging technologies Business and technology trends, priorities for cybersecurity leaders.
For public sector TSPs product leaders, the key initiatives include industry product planning and strategy as well as industry technology market essentials. These encompass enterprise IT spending forecasts and demand, growth opportunities and risks, emerging business and technology trends. The ETT cybersecurity key initiatives enable product leaders and other technology business leaders effectively plan, develop, innovate, deploy, and position solutions for cybersecurity with emerging technologies and trends.
Ms. Apeksha previously worked within the CIO Research group at Gartner, as a member of the Government and Education team. She is focused on supporting government sector CIOs and public sector technology and service providers (TSPs) product leaders globally. She provides research and advice to Government CIOs on initiatives covering IT modernization, innovation, and digital transformation. These initiatives include the transition to digital government, Government initiatives to raise their digital maturity, Business and technology trends, priorities for Governments. She also covers government applications such as for online voting, legislative management, grants management, Government meeting management. and focusses on citizen engagement, voice of citizen, and likes. For public sector TSPs product leaders, the key initiatives include industry product planning and strategy as well as industry technology market essentials. These encompass enterprise IT spending forecasts and demand, growth opportunities and risks, emerging business and technology trends. The TSP public sector key initiatives enable product leaders and other technology business leaders effectively plan, develop, innovate, deploy, and position solutions for the government and education markets. Ms. Apeksha joined the Government CIO group after serving the Technology Service Provider's Quantitative Innovation Team. She played an instrumental role in the publication of IoT Forecast working on the use cases for Digital Government Services and City operations Sector/Vertical working on use cases for smart city initiatives such as asset tracking, waste management, toll and traffic management.
She was a key contributor to publication of the Market Share document for key market players each year with axial contribution and leading the Vendor revenue Profiles project for almost 25 top IT vendors as the Vendor lead analyst.
Gartner, Associate Principal Analyst, 1 years
Gartner, Principal analyst, 8 years
Gartner, Researcher, 3 years
Industry Markets for Tech Providers
Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact on Products and Services
Masters in Finance and Human Resources
Bachelors in Technology degree in Electronic Instrumentation and Control
Managed Security Services (MSSP), premptive cybersecurity- deception, predictive threat intelligence
Managed Detection and Response and Threat Detection, Investigation and Response, Identity Threat detection and response
Security Consulting Services and Security Implementation Services (Professional Services)
Emerging technologies on cybersecurity services like Generative AI, disinformation security, deepfakes, impersonation, narrative attacks, Identity centric security, machine identity
Help Technology and Service provider leaders with the key initiatives including industry product planning messaging and positioning strategy as well as market insights