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PANEL: Machines Now Outnumber Humans - Is IAM Ready?

PANEL: Machines Now Outnumber Humans - Is IAM Ready?

Combined Session
Tuesday, October 06, 2026 11:10—11:30

Machine identities have become the dominant identity type in modern enterprises, yet many organizations continue to manage them with human-centric approaches. This panel explores how enterprises can adapt their identity strategies to manage machines, workloads, services, and AI systems at scale while maintaining visibility, ownership, and control.

Goswami Darshangiri
Student
Gima University of Applied Science
Goswami Darshangiri is an independent cybersecurity researcher working at the intersection of identity governance, AI-agent security, and GRC. His current research maps binding compliance...
Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt
Lead Advisor
KuppingerCole Analysts
Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt joined KuppingerCole in January 2021 as Advisor & Analyst. Prior to this, he worked for various management consultancies, primarily advising major banks on challenges...
Grace Rachmany
Executive Director
Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)
Grace Rachmany is the Executive Director of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF). Started in 2017, the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) is a Linux Foundation Project. DIF is an...
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