Can Real-Time Identity Governance Replace Access Reviews for Good?
From The Security Strategist by EM360Tech
April 30, 2026 · 22 min · Season 1 · Episode 116
About this episode
The episode discusses the limitations of traditional access reviews and the need for real-time identity governance in the face of evolving technology.
Podcast: The Security Strategist Guest: Rick Wagner, Senior Director, Product Management at SailPoint Analyst: Jonathan Care, Lead Analyst, KuppingerCole The identity security market is crowded, but a significant change is occurring below the surface. In a recent episode of The Security Strategist podcast, host Jonathan Care, Lead Analyst at KuppingerCole, sat down with Rick Wagner, Sr. Director Product Management at SailPoint . In this episode, Wagner pointed out a growing gap between how enterprises manage access and how modern systems operate. As AI and machine identities grow rapidly, traditional models no longer work. Static Access Reviews Are Breaking at Scale For years, enterprises have depended on periodic access certifications to manage access. However, such a model is proving to be weak. “Periodic access reviews only look at appropriate access at a point in time,” says Wagner, noting that “certification fatigue results in rubber stamping.” The challenge is both scale and accuracy. With machine identities often outnumbering humans, governance processes designed for manual oversight are quickly becoming outdated. “Doing those certifications at agent speed is literally…
People in this episode
Host: Jonathan Care
Guest: Rick Wagner
Topics covered
- identity governance
- access reviews
- real-time authorization
- AI in security
- identity security market
Keywords
- identity governance
- access reviews
- real-time authorization
- AI
- machine identities
- security
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Organizations: SailPoint, KuppingerCole
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