TechSpective Identity and Access Management Coverage
TechSpective’s Identity and Access Management section covers one of the most rapidly shifting domains in enterprise security — where the definition of “identity” itself is being rewritten by AI agents, non-human accounts, and automated traffic that now outnumbers human users online.
A dominant theme is the identity problem that agentic AI has introduced. Articles examine why enterprises are deploying AI agents without proper access governance, how non-human identities require the same lifecycle management as human employees, and why treating AI agents as untrusted devices is a practical security necessity. The section also addresses the uncomfortable reality that identity is now the primary attack vector — and that recovery after a breach is increasingly an identity problem, not just a data restoration problem.
On the infrastructure side, coverage digs into Active Directory resilience and the shrinking pool of engineers who actually understand on-premise Microsoft identity environments, alongside analysis of how platforms like Cayosoft, Druva, and Rubrik are approaching identity resilience and recovery. Browser security as an identity control surfaces through coverage of CrowdStrike’s acquisition of Seraphic.
Contributors are led by Tony Bradley, a CISSP-ISSAP credentialed journalist and Air Force veteran. The audience includes identity architects, IAM engineers, CISOs, and security operations teams navigating a perimeter-free environment where controlling access — human and machine — is the core security challenge.
There’s a question I’ve been sitting with lately: Are we prepared for what AI is about to expose in our organizations—not just technically, but operationally? In this episode of the TechSpective Podcast, I sit down with Kavitha Mariappan, Rubrik’s Chief […]
Building Security for a World That’s Already Changed Read More »
AI search tools are reshaping enterprise workflows. A single natural-language prompt can pull insights from years of documents, emails, and cloud repositories. That’s great for productivity. It’s far more complicated for security teams who are discovering that AI is exposing
Semperis Confronts the Identity Chaos Exposed by AI Search Read More »
Technology evolves faster than we can adapt, but the human brain remains the constant target. At the HIP 2025 Conference, Professor Mary Aiken—a pioneering cyberpsychologist and one of the world’s foremost experts on human behavior in digital contexts—delivered a keynote
Why the Human Factor Is the New Attack Surface Read More »
Imagine you’re a security engineer monitoring your identity dashboards. Enterprise IAM? Green. Customer authentication? Smooth. Access controls? Mapped and monitored. Everything seems perfectly normal. But there’s a dangerous security gap hiding beneath this “normal” surface. So, when your support engineer
The Customer Access Gap: When Enterprise IAM Meets Customer Identity Read More »
Resilience gets a lot of airtime, but when you peel back the layers, most organizations still prepare for recovery, not continuity. That difference is subtle until disaster strikes. If your Active Directory or Single Sign-On is encrypted, a “recovery-first” plan
HIP 2025 Puts Identity and AI at the Center of Cyber Defense Read More »
When Palo Alto Networks announced its acquisition of CyberArk, many in the cybersecurity world took notice. Not just because it was a high-profile deal between two major players, but because of what it implied: identity is no longer a feature
Identity Is the New Infrastructure: What the Palo Alto–CyberArk Deal Really Signals Read More »
As enterprises scale their use of artificial intelligence, a hidden governance crisis is unfolding—one that few security programs are prepared to confront: the rise of unowned AI agents. These agents are not speculative. They’re already embedded across enterprise ecosystems—provisioning access,
The Unclaimed Identity: Why Autonomous AI Agents Are the Next Governance Crisis Read More »
President Biden’s sweeping Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity underscores the urgent need for action against an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape. It’s a comprehensive directive aimed at fortifying the government’s cybersecurity posture, but its impact
A New Era for Cybersecurity: Recommendations for Preparing Your Infrastructure Read More »
Companies have increasingly turned to cloud services due to the various benefits they offer, such as scalability and cost savings. Similarly, cybersecurity is also moving in a similar direction, with increased adoption as companies seek up-to-date solutions to stay ahead
Unlocking the Power of Secure Identities with Identity-as-a-Service Read More »
The password’s days are numbered. Passwordless authentication is fast emerging as the password’s successor. Leveraging biometrics, hardware security keys, passkeys, and more, passwordless authentication technologies are a more secure alternative to the traditional password. However, enhanced security isn’t the only
Passwordless Authentication: Enhance UX, Bolster Security Read More »
