Secrets, Certificates & Zero Trust

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Secrets, Certificates & Zero Trust

Combined Session
Tuesday, October 06, 2026 11:30—12:30

PANEL: Is Zero Trust Possible Without Workload Identity?

11:30—11:50

Workload identities have become the foundation of cloud-native security, but many organizations are still struggling with secrets, certificates, and distributed trust. This panel explores how modern workload identity, Zero Trust architectures, and automated credential management are reshaping secure operations in cloud-native environments.

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...

Zero Trust at the Speed of Kubernetes

11:50—12:10

PANEL: Standing Privilege for Machines: The Habit We Can't Break

12:10—12:30

Least-privilege has been enterprise doctrine for machine identities for years, yet standing, static privilege remains the default almost everywhere it's checked. This panel pushes past the usual "just fix it" advice to ask what would actually force the change - and why technical feasibility alone hasn't been enough.

Caleb Crable

Principal AI Red Team Engineer

Independent

Caleb Crable is a Principal AI Red Team Engineer at a publicly traded life insurance company, where he attacks production AI deployments and the identity infrastructure underneath them. Before this...

Matthias Reinwarth

Lead Advisor and Practice Lead IAM

KuppingerCole Analysts

Matthias is Lead Advisor and Practice Lead IAM. Additionally he acts as lead advisor in various customer projects. As head of the IAM practice, Matthias coordinates communication and exchange...

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