"Rise of the Machines: Why Authentication is Needed for Both Humans & Machines"
From bots, to containers, software, IoT and more, these machines make up our digital world. Sometimes called non-humans, machines already outnumber humans by nearly 50x. Further complicating matters, most of these machines have access to sensitive data, applications and resources. Yet, with their ever growing presence and criticality, the cybersecurity, IAM and authentication market has been primarily focused on solving use cases related to humans. As a Gartner top security trend, Machine identity is the next frontier in authentication, IAM and overall cybersecurity. As the world continues to further digitalize, these machines need identity and authentication too. But how can we establish and maintain trust with identity and authentication for machines? Can we use the same techniques and approaches that we do with humans? What about use cases that span humans and machines?
