Privileged Access Management (PAM) is entering a decisive phase of transformation. The latest 2026 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass reveals how cloud infrastructure, DevOps automation, and machine-driven access are reshaping what “privileged” really means. This session looks beyond traditional PAM to examine how privileged actions now span humans and machines across servers, endpoints, cloud platforms, workloads, and more.
This session will explore how leading PAM vendors are responding to this shift through automation, just-in-time access, cloud entitlement controls, and deeper integration with machine and workload access models. Attendees will gain practical insight into which capabilities remain foundational, which innovations are shaping the future of PAM, and how to future-proof PAM investments in complex hybrid and cloud-native environments.
