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Mary Ruddy
Distinguished VP Analyst, KI Leader
Mary Ruddy is a VP Analyst and Chief of Research for Security and Risk Management. She guides Gartner's insights on security and identity, spanning key initiatives in Gartner for IT Leaders, Gartner for Technical Professionals and Gartner for CISOs and their Teams.
Her primary coverage areas are security and identity architecture and access management including customer IAM, single sign-on, identity protocols and API protection. Other topics she covers include risk-based and adaptive authentication, identity analytics, bring your own identity (BYOI), government identity initiatives and identity standards.
She was a founding member of the OASIS Electronic Identity Credential Trust Elevation Methods Technical Committee and Chair of Identity Commons. She was also a founding member of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG), which was formed in response to the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).
Previous experience
Ms. Ruddy was a founder of the Eclipse Higgins open-source project. Previously, she chaired an Identity Industry Certification Committee in support of the U.S. Federal Identity Credential and Access Management (FICAM) efforts to promote the adoption of third-party identity credentials. This resulted in the creation of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX) Foundation, which is dedicated to certifying trust frameworks.
Professional background
Meristic, Principal, 5 years
Parametric Technology Corp. (PTC), VP Strategic Marketing, Design-to-Order Solutions, 2 years
Parity Communications (now Azigo), VP, 4 years
Areas of coverage
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Identity and Access Management for Technical Professionals
Education
Master of Science, Management, MIT School of Management
Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude, Smith College
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Implementing single sign-on (SSO), including federated access management in general
Identity and access management preparations for Microsoft Office 365
Protecting APIs
Identity standards including SAML, OAuth, OpenID and OpenID Connect
Consumer identity and access management including bring your own identity (BYOI)