Traditional identity governance models are failing in an AI-driven digital ecosystem
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Joel R. McConvey
Summary
The article uses an olive oil analogy to discuss how identity governance models deployed a decade ago are becoming ineffective in today's digital ecosystem, which is now more machine-driven than human. It argues that traditional identity governance structures are "perishable" and need to be modernized to handle AI agents, machine identities, and the evolving threat landscape.
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Identity governance models deployed ten years ago are no longer effective in reacting to a digital ecosystem that is now more machine than human.
But just as a bottle of Grand Cru...
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