Our Gartner experts, who are at the top of their fields, helped attendees address their most critical challenges. These key topics kickstarted conversations around priorities and initiatives so that attendees could tackle what was most important to them.
A progressive vision in which IAM moves beyond basic automation is critical. Learn how to avoid common pitfalls, how to ensure that senior leaders and IAM practitioners are aligned, and how to use techniques others are using successfully.
Nearly every significant cyber breach over the past five years has had something in common — a failure to monitor and control privileged access. Find out why PAM tools are vitally important for your cybersecurity toolkit. Understand how to evolve your next-gen IGA architecture and rethink struggling or inadequate IGA solutions.
Users want seamless and secure access to their mobile, cloud and enterprise applications. Explore how access management technologies have evolved to support the latest demands of digital transformation.
In a world of advanced attacks, organizations must embrace the convergence of identity proofing, authentication and fraud detection. Learn how to establish the identity of new users and mitigate the risks of attack vectors.
As organizations compete in the digital age, IAM program leaders are faced with new business expectations, from driving consumer engagement, to enabling new trust models, to tackling the issue of machine identities. Explore the long-term trends you need to plan for.
The demands on IAM leaders continue to grow, and IAM leaders must understand business goals, identify and assess associated risks, and communicate those risks to the business. Learn how to communicate a vision that corresponds to organizational needs and expectations.
This track includes the latest IAM Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) research to help architects, planners and IAM technology professionals architect IAM solutions to deliver the right capabilities for the business.
In the multicloud hybrid era, organizations must provide sound IAM regardless of the cloud environment in which they operate. Learn how IAM can support and enhance, not hinder, your cloud migration.
As more identities, data sources and technologies are introduced, the lines of delineation between IAM and security, risk and privacy are shrinking. This track examines the latest trends in security and privacy, and how IAM professionals need to prepare.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM BST
Mary Mesaglio, Managing Vice President, Gartner
It’s 2022 and the crises just keep coming. Leaders are expected to guide their people through a raft of big problems: from Covid to geopolitical tensions to social justice to inflation. It’s tough out there. Meanwhile, organizations continue to transform and you must find a way to motivate your people in the face of all this. Executive expectations haven’t abated because we’re all feeling the fatigue. This opening keynote addresses how to continue your digital acceleration while keeping your people – and yourself – safe and whole.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST
Patrick Hevesi, VP Analyst, Gartner
“Top trends” highlight shifts in the security ecosystem that aren't widely recognized, but are likely to have potential for disruption. This presentation will describe the significant trends in risk management and how organizations are taking advantage of these trends. Key issues include: Top technological improvements in the security product landscape; Trends in creating a top notch security organization; and long-term trends that will influence security strategy
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM BST
Kevin Kampman, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
During this workshop IAM leaders will learn the importance, and what steps are required for the definition of a well-crafted IAM Program. The session will include exercises for creating your own IAM vision.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST
Felix Gaehtgens, VP Analyst, Gartner
With many IT assets now outside traditional enterprise perimeters, IT leaders must rethink security. Enter the cybersecurity mesh architecture, a composable and scalable approach to extend security controls to distributed assets by decoupling policy enforcement from the assets being protected.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST
David Collinson, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Security and Risk leaders struggle to achieve the desired level of maturity across certain key activities that are critical to a healthy IAM function. Failure to address these "top gaps" devalues IAM programs, and increases risk to the enterprise. This session will outline the top gaps IAM programs are experiencing, and provide guidance on how to improve maturity in these critical areas.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM BST
Kevin Kampman, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Knowing what metrics matter to your IAM stakeholders is critical to prioritizing, developing and monitoring IAM features. Metrics identify the success of individual projects and where attention and improvements must take place. To succeed, they must be terms the stakeholder recognizes and understand. They should also align with or influence other initiatives. Learn how to set proper expectations.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM BST
Mary Mesaglio, Managing Vice President, Gartner
CIOs make critical decisions every day — decisions that impact the viability and success of the organization， and the quality of life of the people who work there. Make those decisions count by understanding how to frame and evaluate your options using proven frameworks for every type of decision.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BST
Kevin Kampman, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Leaders responsible for IAM generally focus on the technical benefits of an IAM solution rather than its impact on the organization's goals and objectives. They are not accustomed to recognizing and accommodating the influence IAM has on business outcomes or associating IAM with environmental, organization or social change. These skills are critical to an initiative with IAM's scope and breadth.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BST
Nader Henein, VP Analyst, Gartner
Workplace and supplier diversity is at the forefront of organizations’ minds. Beyond the ethical and moral benefits, DEI can protect against an increasingly broad range of cyber attacks. We will discuss the business case for DEI, how to develop a one-page DEI strategy and how to grow your employee and supplier diverse base.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM BST
Mary Mesaglio, Managing Vice President, Gartner
It’s hard to be a leader right now. The world seems be lurching from crisis to crisis. There’s not time to adjust, let alone recover. This session is focused on the practical: tactics that leaders can use to keep their teams motivated, even as everyone is exhausted and the crises multiply. The emphasis is on what that attendees can immediately put into practice.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST
Mary Mesaglio, Managing Vice President, Gartner
There is a lot of corporate soul searching going on right now. Some enterprises are doubling down on their values while others are adopting new ones. In all cases, values are inspiring and exciting, but not enough on their own to drive change. This session covers the values-to-action pyramid, walking through practical ways to turn values into everyday behaviors.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST
Patrick Hevesi, VP Analyst, Gartner
This session will continue on from Introduction to the Cybersecury Mesh Concept and dive deep into how to build the cybersecurity mesh architecture (CSMA). We will discuss the evolution of best-of-breed to the new CSMA along with pros and cons of each approach. Finally, we will discuss the vendor landscape from larger security vendors with full stacks to open source/distributed CSM solutions.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM BST
Nader Henein, VP Analyst, Gartner
Privacy is profoundly impacting digital transformation priorities and lies at the core as organizations build new engagement models with consumers and relationships with employees. 2022 sits between major developments in Asia-Pacific and Europe in 2021, and the US in 2023. Join this session to learn of these significant evolutions, both from the regulatory as well as technology perspectives.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM BST
David Collinson, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
IGA is often used as a tool to automate various manual processes - up to and including the use of robots and AI. This session will give you an opportunity to ask questions around automation and IGA;
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM BST
Felix Gaehtgens, VP Analyst, Gartner
Many organizations struggle with PAM after some small initial success, can't manage to get further. This session: sheds light on: Why is PAM such a crucial piece of any security program? What are the common pitfalls? What should you do in the near, medium and long term?
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM BST
Felix Gaehtgens, VP Analyst, Gartner
Through a selection of relevant Gartner insights and complementary methodologies, we will provide insight into latest updates in the privileged access management market.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 04:15 PM - 05:45 PM BST
David Collinson, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This workshop will help you by practically taking you through the stages of preparing for an RFP for an IGA product. Attendees will leave with a practical approach to a succesful RFP.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BST
Homan Farahmand, VP Analyst, Gartner
PAM is a complex cyber defense discipline that requires careful technical planning for coverage areas. In this session we discuss the basic and emerging controls architecture to drive a zero standing privilege model for multi-cloud and hybrid environments. This includes PAM best practices and what works practically, considering organizational challenges and tools limitations.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM BST
Felix Gaehtgens, VP Analyst, Gartner
Privileged access is the prime cause of breaches, yet more people than ever require it for their work. Requirements for PAM are evolving quickly to include hybrid multicloud scenarios and machine identities. Bring your questions about trends, best practices to this session.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST
David Collinson, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This session will help provide IAM leaders with best practice advice to both select and then deploy an IGA tool. Starting with what an IGA tool comprises of, and working methodically through the stages of the buying journey it will help IAM leaders select the right product for their organization. The second part of the presentation will then focus on how to succesfully deploy it.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM BST
Henrique Teixeira, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Entitlement management used to be a manageable problem. However, with the explosion of many thousands of permissions per identity in cloud infrastructures, legacy IAM approaches are no longer sufficient. Join this session to learn what cloud infrastructure entitlement management means, and how can it help to mitigate identity risks in the cloud.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST
Henrique Teixeira, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Access Management technologies are enablers of Identity First security. What has been changing in the market, driving the need to account for new user constituencies, and new work models? How is access management technology continuing to evolve to meet these new challenges? We will talk about what is available today, and what kinds of things can you expect to take advantage of in the near future.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM BST
Paul Rabinovich, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Implementing hybrid identity for Microsoft 365 and protecting employee, administrator and partner access can be daunting. This session will guide you through best practices for Microsoft 365 IAM.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST
Henrique Teixeira, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Access management solutions are mature, rich with features and offer a broadened scope that overlaps with many adjacent areas. Learn how to better use the AM MQ and a five-step approach to select a long-lasting, cost-efficient AM solution.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM BST
David Chase, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Access management is a key part of identity first security. Organizations need to optimize AM activities in the context of broader identity, security and business goals, for example as part of an identity first security, zero-trust or cloud first initiatives.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM BST
Erik Wahlstrom, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
In a world where identity is the only perimeter, identity-first security has become an imperative. IAM must be deployed more cohesively as a composable, distributed, resilient identity fabric. Organizations should also apply IAM best practices to more of their applications and services and to the IAM infrastructure itself.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM BST
Homan Farahmand, VP Analyst, Gartner
Policy-based authorization has become a focal point for developing the next generation of identity-centric access controls. It includes both human and machine use cases supporting access to modern apps, computing units, data objects and underlying networks. In this session we discuss key use cases, policy management, and policy enforcement patterns to enhance security model of digital systems.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM BST
David Chase, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Modern architectures and applications place additional demands on access management tools. This workshop will introduce access management evaluation criteria guidelines and discuss what features you should look for and what vendors to consider for your next employee access management solution.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM BST
Nat Krishnan, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
What are companies doing for CIAM? What are the primary considerations for a company planning to move from a “build it” to a “buy it” CIAM capability? How can you differentiate yourself from your competitors through a superior CIAM portal that your customers love? What are the main considerations, and how is privacy regulation impacting these decisions? We will discuss best practices around CIAM, what are the main considerations, how to plan for the best user experience to achieve your goals.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM BST
Paul Rabinovich, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Gartner clients often ask if they can drop their Active Directory and migrate to a cloud-based identity service. Technology is already in place to support this journey, but do real-world Active Directory customers actually take it? In this session we will share the results of a Gartner survey about the future of Active Directory as seen by end-user organizations.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM BST
Henrique Teixeira, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Access management has become the source of trust for identity-first security. Increased dependence on identities for access anywhere, anytime, requires AM to be more reliable and easier to adopt. Identity orchestration, IAM convergence and SaaS resilience importance will increase during 2022. Ask me anything about access management!
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM BST
Nat Krishnan, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
As requirements for great CIAM become more sophisticated, best practices for architecting CIAM and selecting vendors are evolving. This session will focus on the broadening scope of CIAM deployment architecture, selection criteria and vendors you should consider for your short lists.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST
Ant Allan, VP Analyst, Gartner
User authentication is at the heart of account protection for both consumer and workforce use cases, but cutting through the noise about passwordless authentication, hardware tokens, and biometric authentication can be difficult. This session separates hype from the reality, theoretical from possible, and provides context of how to think about, and invest in, new user authentication technologies.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST
Homan Farahmand, VP Analyst, Gartner
Decentralized identity and verifiable claims will disrupt IAM by enabling a shared trust model, protocol-based controls, and decentralized identity data exchange. In this session we discuss how organizations can leverage these technologies to drive efficiency in identity verification and data exchange for business processes in digital ecosystems.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM BST
Ant Allan, VP Analyst, Gartner
Growing attacks on identity require strong, multi-factor user authentication, but diverse endpoints, complex application environments, and an unwillingness to add friction to the user experience can derail efforts to improve the security of user authentication. Bring your questions about trends and best practices for customer and employee user authentication to this session.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM BST
Akif Khan, VP Analyst, Gartner
In this presentation, Gartner will address the prevalent new fraud threat that is keeping end user leaders awake at night. In this presentation we will explore an overview of ATO fraud, what the impact is to financial institutions and end users, and what action plan can be initiated to address this new issue
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM BST
Ant Allan, VP Analyst, Gartner
With more than 300 vendors in the user authentication market, choosing one or more vendors to fit your needs across a variety of use cases for employees and customers can be fraught with difficulty. How can you identify the most effective authentication methods (with or without passwords)? Where can you find the ablest providers among the IAM marketverse? Do you need to look beyond the methods already available within your IAM infrastructure?
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BST
Akif Khan, VP Analyst, Gartner
Obtaining confidence in a customer’s or employee's identity is the foundation of identity-first security. IAM leaders must understand the current state-of-the-art, balancing assurance needs with friction in the UX, while orchestrating multiple tools and becoming aware of strategic trends on the horizon.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM BST
Ant Allan, VP Analyst, Gartner
The twilight of the passwords has long been foretold but is now, at last, upon us. Security and UX are key drivers for passwordless authentication. But how can IAM leaders choose among the many passwordless approaches? Which are the most effective? Where do novel methods add value? What is the role of FIDO2? How does passwordless authentication fit with zero trust, adaptive access and the identity fabric? How can you craft a cohesive strategy across multiple use cases?
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM BST
Akif Khan, VP Analyst, Gartner
In this session, leading analyst Jonathan Care answers your questions around the challenging identity proofing market, and how this affects the problem of account takeover.
Thursday, 12 May, 2022 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST
Akif Khan, VP Analyst, Gartner
The session will cover the key emerging technologies in IAM and how IAM leaders can better prepare themselves for these.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM BST
Erik Wahlstrom, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
In this session we will look at a best-of-breed verses all-in-one tooling discussions of the expanding portfolio of tools that manage our machine identities, secrets, keys and certificates.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST
Erik Wahlstrom, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
In this technical session we will establish an agile and composable identity fabric that supports API access control that consists of multiple types of identity tools and components that together enable encryption, authentication and authorization for your distributed APIs.
Friday, 13 May, 2022 / 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM BST
Erik Wahlstrom, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Organizations find themselves needing to manage and provide best practices for how to handle the machine identities for a growing number of workloads. Bring your own questions to this session on how to manage secrets, keys and certificates in a hybrid and multi cloud environment.