Andras Cser

Andras serves security and risk (S&R) professionals. He is a leading expert on identity and access management (IAM); risk-based, biometric, and multifactor/passwordless authentication; user account provisioning; entitlement management; federation; and privileged identity management.

In the IAM domain, Andras currently covers customer-facing identity and access management (CIAM) as well as enterprise fraud management (EFM) and compliance (KYC, CDD, and AML). In the cloud security domain, Andras currently covers cloud workload security, software-as-a-service security posture management (SSPM) and cloud access security brokers, and infrastructure-as-a-platform native security (IPNS). He maintains an interest in evaluating the skill sets and core competencies of professional service providers in these spaces.

Prior to joining Forrester, Andras was a security architect with CA Technical Services through the Netegrity acquisition. Andras designed the architecture and led the implementation of Fortune 500 companies’ IAM and provisioning solutions. Previously, Andras managed business process reengineering projects.

Andras holds an MBA degree from the Technical University of Budapest and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. He also holds an MSc in computer science and electrical engineering from the Technical University of Budapest. Andras speaks English (fluent), German (advanced), Russian (basic), and Hungarian (native).