Inside Oktane 2025: AI, Identity, and the Future of Secure Conferences – OKT25 #1
Live from Las Vegas at Oktane 2025, Adrian Sanabria and Mandy Logan set the stage for a packed week of cybersecurity conversations. In this kickoff, they share their first impressions of the conference atmosphere, the balance between education and community, and why Oktane’s scale makes it a standout event. From quiet zones for recharging to the buzz of the expo floor, the hosts highlight what makes this gathering unique. They also preview the big themes shaping this year’s sessions, including AI adoption, identity’s central role in securing emerging technologies, and how industry veterans are drawing lessons from decades of security challenges.
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How to strengthen your security posture and manage privileged access in the era of AI – Dor Fledel – OKT25 #1
As organizations rapidly adopt SaaS applications and AI tools, they face a surge in identity sprawl—across human and non-human identities, including AI agents. This proliferation introduces security risks such as misconfigured access and orphaned accounts, while also raising challenges around securing privileged identities, emphasizing the need for effective posture management and privileged access management (PAM). In this session, Dor Fledel, Sr. Director of Product Management at Okta, will explain how teams can gain visibility into AI agents, identify risks, and enforce the right level of access.
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Dor Fledel is a Senior Director of Product Management for Okta’s Identity Security Posture Management and Privileged Access Management practice. He has more than 12 years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity in leading organizations and holds an MBA and M.Sc in cryptography. He founded Spera Security, an industry leader in Identity Security, which Okta acquired in 2024.
Why industry alignment on open standards will be key to unlocking a secure AI future – Aaron Parecki – OKT25 #1
Open standards are essential for building secure, interoperable, and trustworthy AI ecosystems. Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, discusses the IPSIE working group’s efforts to create consistent identity security profiles, why protocols like MCP and A2A require authentication frameworks to safely manage AI agents’ access and communication, and how Cross App Access provides centralized control over AI-driven and app-to-app interactions.
Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/newsroom/articles/old-security-challenges--new-ai-risks--managing-authorization-in https://www.okta.com/newsroom/press-releases/okta-introduces-cross-app-access-to-help-secure-ai-agents-in-the/ https://www.okta.com/blog/ai/securing-the-ai-agent-ecosystem/
This segment is sponsored by Oktane by Okta. Visit https://securityweekly.com/oktane to learn more about them!
Aaron Parecki is Director of Identity Standards at Okta with over 20 years of experience in the industry. He is active in multiple standards development organizations (SDOs), including IETF, OpenID Foundation, and W3C. He is an editor of OAuth 2.1 along with several other OAuth specifications, and co-chairs the SCIM working group at IETF, and the IPSIE working group at the OpenID Foundation. He has taught the fundamentals of OAuth and online security to thousands of developers worldwide through his book OAuth 2.0 Simplified as well as video courses and live online trainings.
