KuppingerCole Analysts
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Analyst Chat #321: Data Security Platforms in the Age of Agentic AI
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KuppingerCole Analysts AG is an international, independent analyst organization offering technology research, neutral advice and events in Identity Management, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence.
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- Analyst Chat #321: Data Security Platforms in the Age of Agentic AI · 46 minYour AI agent can reach your data. But can your data say no? In this episode, Matthias sits down with Alexei Balaganski, lead analyst and CTO at KuppingerCole Analysts, to…
- Analyst Chat #320: The AI Security Fabric - A New Architecture for a New Threat · 22 minThe Identity Fabric proved that a capability-first, requirements-driven architectural model can transform how organizations think about identity. Now KuppingerCole Analysts is…
- Analyst Chat #319: The Hardest Problem in Cybersecurity - Securing AI Agents · 45 minSecuring and governing AI agents is, according to Matthew Gardiner, the hardest problem in cybersecurity harder than securing the internet itself. In this episode, Matthias…
- Analyst Chat #318: Before You Build - IAM Customization Governance in the AI Era · 42 minAI can build your IAM connector in an afternoon. But was the connector ever the bottleneck? In this episode, Matthias invited Patrick Teichmann, lead advisor at KuppingerCole…
- Analyst Chat #317: MCP Is Just Another API, and That's the Bad News · 52 minMCP servers are showing up on the internet without authentication, malicious tool definitions are being injected into trusted projects, and three security teams are defending the…
- Analyst Chat #316: Integration Debt & the Vibe Coding Trap in Identity Management · 26 minOrchestration has been part of the Identity Fabric concept from the beginning but most organizations are still getting it wrong. In this episode, Matthias sits down with Martin…
- Analyst Chat #315: Shadow SaaS, Shadow AI & the Governance Gap · 29 minSSPM is dead, long live SaaS Security and AI Governance. When Matthias and Matthew last spoke in February, SaaS Security Posture Management was the topic. Six months on, the…
- Analyst Chat #314: Can You Trust AI to Verify AI Code? · 36 minAI writes the code. But who checks it, and who is accountable when it goes wrong? In this episode, Matthias is joined by two colleagues: Guillaume Teixeron, bringing 20 years of…
- Analyst Chat #313: When AI Agents Don't Play Nice - Multi-Agent Security Risks · 37 minWhat happens when you put three AI agents in a room and tell them to solve the same problem? Anthropic ran the experiment — and the results are more unsettling than you'd expect…
- Analyst Chat #312: Is AI Killing IVIP Before It Even Matures? · 24 minIVIP, Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platform, was one of the hottest acronyms to emerge from the identity market in 2025. But almost a year on, has it delivered on its…
- Analyst Chat #311: Architecting Your Own Digital Sovereignty · 31 minDigital sovereignty is one of the most talked-about topics in European tech policy right now and according to Alexei Balaganski, most of the conversation is going in completely…
- Analyst Chat #310: AI Escaped the Sandbox - The OpenAI Hugging Face Hack (special episode) · 33 minWhen an OpenAI test model escaped its sandbox and attacked Hugging Face's production infrastructure, headlines called it a Skynet moment. But was it? In this special flash news…
- Analyst Chat #309: Fabrics Deep Dive II - the Identity Fabric as the Blueprint · 27 minThe Identity Fabric isn't just a concept, it's a working tool that KuppingerCole Analysts advisors use every day with clients. In this second episode of the fabric mini-series…
- Analyst Chat #308: Beyond SASE - What a Real Zero Trust Platform Looks Like · 43 minZero trust has a label problem. After more than a decade, the term has been stretched, diluted, and attached to products that don't come close to delivering what zero trust…
- Analyst Chat #307: Fabrics Deep Dive I - Why "Fabric"? The term, the idea and how to use it · 19 minSeven years ago, KuppingerCole Analysts introduced the Identity Fabric concept and it has shaped how organizations structure identity management ever since. In this episode…
- Analyst Chat #306: Make or Buy? A Structured Framework for Smarter Tech Decisions · 37 minBuild or buy, it sounds like a simple question, but for most organizations, it's one of the most consequential and poorly structured decisions they make. In this episode…
- Beyond SOAR: How AI Agents Are Transforming Security Operations · 37 minAlert overload, 24/7 coverage gaps, and human threat actors who never stop — the SOC has problems that traditional SOAR and rule-based systems simply can't solve. In this…
- Analyst Chat #305: IGA in 2026 - NHIs, Sovereignty & the Platform Shift · 20 minIGA is often dismissed as a mature, stable market but that couldn't be further from the truth. In this episode, Matthias sits down with Nitish Deshpande, to explore how identity…
- Analyst Chat #304: Agents, Fabric, and the Unfinished Business of IAM, A Look Back at EIC 2026 · 35 minFour weeks after EIC 2026 in Berlin, Matthias Reinwarth and Phillip Messerschmidt sit down to reflect on what the European Identity and Cloud Conference revealed about the state…
- Analyst Chat #303: B2B Identity & Access Management - A New Market Unpacked · 30 minBusiness relationships are complex and traditional IAM wasn't built for them. In this episode, Matthias Reinwarth sits down with Principal analyst John Tolbert, author of…







