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KuppingerCole Analyst Chat

Weekly conversations between KuppingerCole analysts on identity architecture, governance, AI agents, and the market. Over 300 episodes since 2020.

Host
Matthias Reinwarth
Publisher
KuppingerCole Analysts · Analyst
Pillar
Workforce Identity, Privileged & Governance, Machine, Workload & Secrets
Level
Architect
Format
Analyst interview
Cadence
Weekly, 20 to 50 min
Status
Active, last episode 2026-09-29
Since
2020
Episodes
417
Website ↗Apple Podcasts ↗RSS feed ↗
Disclosure. Produced by KuppingerCole, an analyst firm that also sells research, advisory services, and the EIC conference. The same feed carries some sponsored vendor items; the Analyst Chat episodes are the firm's own.

What it is

KuppingerCole Analyst Chat is a weekly series from KuppingerCole Analysts, the firm behind the European Identity and Cloud Conference. Matthias Reinwarth talks with colleagues such as Martin Kuppinger and Alexei Balaganski about one topic per episode: identity fabric, IGA, zero trust, securing AI agents and MCP, integration debt, and digital sovereignty.

Who it suits

Architects and identity leaders who want analyst framing of architecture questions, and European readers following regulation and sovereignty debates.

Editor note

Consistent, structured, and broad, with more than 300 episodes. Analyst framing is useful for planning but tends to stay at the concept level. The podcast feed mixes Analyst Chat with other KuppingerCole audio, including sponsored items, so filter by the "Analyst Chat" title. The firm sells research and events, so a topic sometimes lines up with a report or webinar.

Where to start

  1. Analyst Chat #234: Identity Management in a World of Automated Systems - Machine Identities
    2024-10-21 · 21 min · Learner · Non-human and AI agent identity

    What machine identities are, why they matter in modern IT, and why lifecycle management and regulation shape how they must be managed.

  2. Analyst Chat #156: CIEM Is Entering the Privileged Access Management Market
    2023-01-16 · 17 min · Learner · Privileged access management

    How the PAM market is changing, including the role of cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM), mergers, and new vendors.

  3. The Evolution of PAM: Why We'll Have to Rethink Access Management
    2023-08-24 · 15 min · Practitioner · Privileged access management

    Common PAM program challenges and the move toward zero standing privilege, just-in-time access, CIEM, and lower user friction in PAM adoption.

Also in our learning paths

  1. Analyst Chat #317: MCP Is Just Another API, and That's the Bad News
    2026-09-29 · 52 min · Architect · Non-human and AI agent identity

    Why MCP security is an API, identity, and authorization problem, covering unauthenticated MCP servers, tool poisoning, prompt injection, and practical next steps.

  2. Analyst Chat #302: PAM Is No Longer a Vault - The New Identity Security Layer
    2026-06-08 · 35 min · Architect · Privileged access management

    How privilege shifted from admin accounts to runtime capabilities, PAM convergence with IGA, CIEM and ITDR, machine privilege, just-in-time gaps, and deployment sovereignty.

  3. Analyst Chat #264: Persistent Identity, Ephemeral Secrets - Workload Identities in the Age of AI
    2025-08-11 · 22 min · Practitioner · Non-human and AI agent identity

    Why workload identities should be treated as privileged, how long-lived secrets widen the attack surface, and how ephemeral secrets, SPIFFE/SPIRE, and policy-as-code help.

Last verified 2026-09-30 against the show's feed, recent episode notes, and the publisher's own pages. Status and last-episode date update weekly from the feed.

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