Identity has moved from being one control among many to becoming the primary attack surface - and, increasingly, the primary control plane of modern IT. As organizations manage a growing mix of human and non-human identities across hybrid, cloud, and AI-driven environments, static access models and perimeter-based thinking are no longer sufficient to keep pace with the speed and complexity of today's threats.
In this opening keynote, Martin Kuppinger, Co-Founder and Principal Analyst at KuppingerCole, will outline why identity-centric security is the strategic foundation organizations need to build cyber resilience for the years ahead. Drawing on KuppingerCole's Identity Fabric concept, he will show how continuous, risk-adaptive authorization is replacing static access control as the operating model for privileged access, workforce identity, and the growing population of AI agents acting on an organization's behalf.
