Daniel Blum

An internationally-recognized cybersecurity strategist and author, Dan Blum consults for Security Architects Partners and other clients. Formerly, he was a Golden Quill award-winning VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner and one of the founding partners of Burton Group.

He has over 30 years experience in IT, security, risk, and privacy. He has served as the security leader at several startups and consulting companies, and has advised 100s of large corporations, universities and government organizations. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and has written countless research reports, blog posts, and byline articles.

During his tenure at Gartner, Mr. Blum held VP positions as a Distinguished Analyst and Agenda Manager with the Security and Risk Management Strategies analyst team. He led the effort to enhance and improve the Security Reference Architecture acquired from Burton Group. He managed successive cloud security track programs at the Gartner Catalyst conferences and spoke at Gartner Security Summit and other events. He also served as the Cloud Security Research lead at Gartner for Technical Professionals.

At Burton Group, Mr. Blum filled multiple roles over a 10-year period, initially serving as Senior VP and Consulting Practice Manager, then as Research Director for the Identity and Privacy Strategies team. He authored, co-authored or directed all the initial identity Reference Architecture content and also co-founded the Burton Group’s Security and Risk Management Strategies research service beginning in 2004.

A Founding Member of the Kantara Initiative’s IDPro group and honored as a “Privacy by Design Ambassador”, Mr. Blum has also authored two books, written for numerous publications, and participated in standards or industry groups such as ISACA, the FAIR Institute, IDPro, CSA, OASIS, Open ID Foundation and others.