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PANEL: Identity Fabrics - Architecture Vision or Vendor Buzzword?

PANEL: Identity Fabrics - Architecture Vision or Vendor Buzzword?

Combined Session
Thursday, November 26, 2026 11:50—12:10

"Identity fabric" promises to unify fragmented IAM, PAM, and cybersecurity tooling into one observable, convergent layer, but the term means something different depending on which vendor is pitching it. This panel pressure-tests the concept against real deployments: what a genuine identity data platform requires, where convergence actually delivers, and where "fabric" is still more roadmap than reality.

Christopher Schütze
Cybersecurity Practice Director & Chief Information Security Officer
KuppingerCole Analysts
Christopher Schütze has been working as Director Practice Cybersecurity and Lead Analyst for KuppingerCole Analysts AG since 2019. Prior to that, he was Head of Cloud Security at an auditing...
Dr. Lisa Zimmermann
Senior Consultant IAM
Independent
Lisa has two lovely dogs, a PhD in Astrophysics and over 13 years of experience in building and maintaining corporate IAM landscapes in different industry sectors. First hand experiences in the...
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