Over the course of the day, the discussion moves from service accounts and workload identities to AI agents acting on behalf of people and organizations. Architectures and governance models for these identities are maturing. For security leaders, a less comfortable question remains. What fails first when these identities act autonomously in production, and who is accountable when it does?
In this closing panel, Matthias Reinwarth discusses this question with Patrick Gemein, Group CISO of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, and Dr. Alexander Schellong, Member of the Executive Board for Cybersecurity at Schwarz Digits. Gemein brings the view of a global manufacturer whose products and production environments rely on connected systems. Schellong represents the Schwarz Group, Europe's largest retailer, which also provides sovereign cloud and security services. The panel compares how both organizations assess their actual exposure and how they assign accountability when autonomous systems act. It closes with priorities attendees can take back to their own organizations.
