Wiesbaden, September 17, 2013 – Identity Expert Andrew Nash just joined KuppingerCole as Fellow Analyst. Besides his very strong background in dealing with consumer identities, he has a long-term experience in PKIs, secure web services, and other identity and security related topics. “We are very pleased to welcome Andrew on board. Andrew is an experienced and well-known thought leader in Identity Management and Information Security and will add furthermore expertise to our team of leading Information Security experts”, Martin Kuppinger, Founder and Principal Analyst at KuppingerCole says.
Prior to joining KuppingerCole, Andrew Nash until recently had been developing consumer identity vetting and verified information systems, as CTO for Trulioo. Formerly he was Director of Identity Services at Google and PayPal and a board member at Open ID Foundation, Open Identity eXchange and the Information Card Foundation. He was CTO at Sonoa Systems and Reactivity building XML and Web Services Gateways. As Director of Technologies at RSA Security, Andrew worked on a wide range of identity and security systems. A leader in PKI and Web-Services markets, he co-authored numerous Web Services security specifications and is author of a book on Public Key Infrastructure. Andrew was recognized by InfoWorld as one of the "Top 25 Most Influential CTO's of 2006"
Joerg Resch, Managing Director at KuppingerCole, states: “Having worked for vendors, for service providers and for standards bodies in his career, Andrew has been a strong contributor to and thought leader in the identity playing field. He will help us in taking KuppingerCole Research Services to the next level, fostering our leadership position in the fields of Identity Management and Information Security”
Andrew Nash complements the KuppingerCole analyst team in his role as Fellow Analyst and Advisor, covering topics such as Consumer Identity, Standards Adoption, API Economy and Security Infrastructures.
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