FEATURE access to what, and should they?’ Partners can turn that into an ongoing service with regular access reviews, lifecycle controls and audit reporting. And then there’ s privileged access modernisation.
In most breaches, the story eventually touches privileged credentials. Partners who can wrap strong access, governance and ongoing monitoring into one programme will do very well.
With GCC governments investing heavily in AI strategies, how can partners align identity security with national AI ambitions while ensuring compliance and data sovereignty?
The way I frame it is: National AI ambitions depend on trust. If citizens, regulators and enterprises don’ t trust how access is controlled, AI adoption slows down.
Partners can align by positioning identity as the control layer for AI – who can use AI tools, who can access sensitive datasets, and how that access is logged and governed.
On compliance and sovereignty, the expectation in the GCC is clear: Be transparent, be auditable and respect local requirements. Partners who can document data flows, implement strong oversight, and design for local governance needs will stand out.
How is Okta helping partners address non-human identities, and why is this critical in digitally transforming Gulf economies?
A lot of organisations still think‘ identity’ means employees. But in modern environments especially with automation and AI there are more non-human identities than human ones: APIs, service accounts, workloads, bots and AI agents.
And here’ s the issue: these identities often have broad access and don’ t get reviewed the www. intelligentcio. com
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