Where Gartner Sees Identity Security Heading with Mark Diodati, Managing VP of IAM at Gartner

Episode notes

This episode features Mark Diodati, Managing Vice President for Identity and Access Management at Gartner. Mark has spent two decades shaping how the industry thinks about authentication, privileged access, and cloud identity, working with renowned companies like Ping Identity, CA, RSA, and now, Gartner. Today, he leads Gartner's global IAM for Leaders analyst team and sets its research agenda across the full identity stack. In this episode, Mark explains how Gartner's research model works and what his team is prioritizing across identity verification, authorization, ITDR, and decentralized identity. He also breaks down what AI means for identity right now and why securing AI agents is harder than most teams realize. This episode is a deep dive into where identity is heading from someone whose job is to listen to everyone. Guest Bio Mark Diodati is the Managing Vice President for Identity & Access Management at Gartner. Mark is a longtime identity pioneer who helped shape the way the industry thinks about authentication, privileged access management, and cloud identity.

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