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Nathan Harris

Sr Director Analyst

Nathan is a Research Senior Director Analyst for Identity & Access Management in Gartner for IT Leaders. He provides actionable research and practical advice for Gartner clients related to multiple capabilities in the Identity & Access Management domain.

Previous experience

Nathan has invested much of his career in leading IAM solution selection, design, development and implementation in large and very large enterprises including Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo and CVS Health (Aetna). He has held various management and senior technical staff roles up to Technology Executive and Principal Architect roles, but prefers architecture, engineering and advisory roles to management roles.

Professional background

CVS Health & Aetna, Senior Director - IAM Engineering, Principal Architect - IAM, 6 years

Kaiser Permanente, Various senior technical leadership roles mostly in Identity & Access Management, 16 years

Wells Fargo, Technology Executive - IAM Engineering, Principal Engineer - IAM Technology, 2 years

Areas of coverage
  • Identity and Access Management

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

01

IAM Program (leadership, strategy, architecture, effectiveness, Agile/DevOps in IAM)

02

Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)

03

Authorization and Access Policy Management models/approaches including RBAC, ABAC, PBAC

04

Data & Analytics including Data Management, AI/GenerativeAI for IAM use cases

05

Access Management/SSO for both workforce and customer (CIAM)