EP 10 - A new identity crisis: governance in the AI age

In this episode of Security Matters, host David Puner sits down with Deepak Taneja, co-founder of Zilla Security and General Manager of Identity Governance at CyberArk, to explore why 2025 marks a pivotal moment for identity security. From the explosion of machine identities—now outnumbering human identities 80 to 1—to the convergence of IGA, PAM, and AI-driven automation, Deepak shares insights from his decades-long career at the forefront of identity innovation.

Listeners will learn:

• Why legacy identity governance models are breaking under cloud scale
• How AI agents are reshaping entitlement management and threat detection
• What organizations must do to secure non-human identities and interlinked dependencies
• Why time-to-value and outcome-driven metrics are essential for modern IGA success

Whether you're a CISO, identity architect, or security strategist, this episode delivers actionable guidance for navigating the evolving identity security landscape.