Joseph F Miceli Jr
The OpenAI Hacking Incident Wasn't the Beginning. It Is Another Warning.
For years, cybersecurity professionals have warned that artificial intelligence would eventually become both the defender and the attacker. This week, that prediction moved..
AI Becomes Infrastructure: Europe's Android Decision Changes Everything
For decades, technology regulation has focused on products. Governments regulated monopolies, enforced competition, and occasionally imposed fines when companies crossed legal..
Timing Is Strategic: Why the Right Decision at the Right Time Changes Everything
Business history is filled with companies that had great products, exceptional people and sound financial backing, yet still failed. Rarely was the cause a lack of talent or..
Reflections on Identiverse 2026: Agentic AI, IAM Evolution, and Real-World Insights
The Rise of Agentic AI This year’s Identiverse was undeniably dominated by one theme: Agentic AI. From keynotes to corridor conversations, the buzz was inescapable. What struck me..
IAM Orchestration for Multi-Cloud IAM
For years, organizations were told that moving to the cloud would simplify infrastructure. Then reality arrived.
The Day I Asked AI Why Monokee Was Different
There is a running joke in cybersecurity that every Identity and Access Management (IAM) expert uses the same slide deck.
IAM 2.0 is a Game of Stratego®
There was a time when security looked a lot like the game, Stratego®.
Twenty-year-old Identity Architecture
For years I have been writing and speaking about the transformation from static identity systems to a dynamic identity perimeter. Back then, many in the industry still viewed..
Is It Ethical to Cling to the Past
When IAM Becomes Theater Instead of Defense There’s a technical rot in the halls of Identity and Access Management—and it is not accidental. It is being quietly sustained. The..
Zero Trust Security and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
The New Imperative for Enterprise Cybersecurity The Evolution of Zero Trust: From Buzzword to Business Imperative In today’s hyper-connected, cloud-first enterprise environment,..
Agentic AI and the Door Left Open
How to Detect the Invisible Threat The town criers are back. Okta, Ping, SailPoint, every major identity vendor is sounding the alarm about the rise of autonomous, decision-making..
Reducing Technical Debt with IAM 3.0: The First Move That Changes Everything
There was a time when technical debt crept in quietly, like dust settling on old hardware. A little patch here. A small workaround there. A rushed integration to meet a..