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Insights

Practitioner guides on identity, IAM, authentication and access, written for the people who run identity programs and the leaders who fund them.

Machine & non-human identity
Machine Identity Management: A Practitioner's Playbook for Non-Human Identities

Machine identity management explained for IAM leaders: what non-human identities are, why they now outnumber people, and a 90-day plan to govern them.

October 2, 2026
Identity architecture
Identity Fabric: What It Is, What It Is Not, and How to Build One Without a Rip-and-Replace

Identity fabric explained for IAM leaders: definition, reference architecture, how it differs from an IdP, and a build sequence with no rip-and-replace.

October 2, 2026
IAM program & strategy
IAM Strategy: A Practical Maturity Model and 12-Month Roadmap for Identity Leaders

Build an IAM strategy that gets funded: a five-level IAM maturity model across eight domains, a self-assessment method and a 12-month roadmap.

October 2, 2026
Events & community
Identity Management Conferences 2027: The IAM Events Worth Your Budget

Identity management conferences worth your 2027 budget: Gartner IAM Summit, Identiverse, EIC, Identity Week, Authenticate and Identity World, compared.

October 2, 2026
Machine & non-human identity
AI Agent Identity: How to Authenticate, Authorize and Govern Agents in the Enterprise

AI agent identity for IAM leaders: why agents need their own identity, how to authenticate and authorize them with OAuth and MCP, and how to govern them.

October 2, 2026