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Why Short-Lived Workloads Create Long-Lived Identity Risk

SC Media Editorial Intelligence, reviewed by Christopher AshbyAugust 24, 2026

Static Governance Cannot Keep Pace with Ephemeral Identities

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How to Build an IAM Program: Strategy, Phasing, and What Goes Wrong

SC Media Editorial Intelligence, reviewed by Christopher AshbyAugust 18, 2026

Treat IAM as an Operating Model, Not a Tool Rollout

Delinea Delivers Runtime Authorization for AI Agents, Closing Access Control Gap – Frank Vukovits – BH26 #1

August 5, 2026

As AI agents move from experiments to autonomous operators inside production databases, cloud consoles, and Kubernetes clusters, enterprises face a new problem: agents with legitimate credentials taking actions no one authorized. Frank Vukovits, Chief Security Scientist at Delinea, breaks down why verifying access at connection time is no longer en...

Endpoint/Device Security

Precision privilege containment: Eliminating local admin rights without disrupting productivity

Paul WagenseilJuly 31, 2026

Organizations no longer need to choose between strong endpoint security and a productive workforce.

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Identity Governance Framework Optimization: Diagnosing Decay and Rebuilding

SC Media Editorial Intelligence, reviewed by Christopher AshbyJuly 30, 2026

Certification rubber-stamping is the most common form of governance decay.

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How to Evaluate AI Claims in Identity Platforms

SC Media Editorial Intelligence, reviewed by Christopher AshbyJuly 30, 2026

The AI Capability Verification Matrix will help test claims critical to the purchase decision

single sign on (SSO) to login other webpage with one username and password vector

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Federation and Single Sign-On: How SSO Works and When It Breaks

SC Media Editorial Intelligence, reviewed by Muthukumar DevadossJuly 24, 2026

SSO failure modes create cascading authentication outages across connected services

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Why Role-Based Access Breaks at Hospital Scale — and What Replaces It

SC Media Editorial Intelligence, reviewed by Peter OrlowskiJuly 24, 2026

Attribute- and policy-based controls are makes minimum-necessary tractable without strangling care

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