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Zachary Smith
Director Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Bio
Zachary Smith is a Director Analyst for Identity and Access Management (IAM), creating insights and actionable guidance for CISOs, CIOs, and IAM leaders on their most important IAM challenges. Specific areas of expertise include IAM for AI Agents and IAM Program, Leadership, Governance, Communication & Metrics.
Zachary lives in Fort Washington, MD USA with his wife and their three cats who can usually be found sleeping on his desk.
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Zachary lives in Fort Washington, MD USA with his wife and their three cats who can usually be found sleeping on his desk.
Sessions
Monday, 08 March, 2027 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM GMT
Prepare for the Rise of AI Agent Identity
Zachary Smith,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Before you can apply appropriate IAM policy and controls for agentic AI, you need a high-level strategy for how AI agents are identified, authenticated and authorized. This session will explore the emerging best practice of assigning unique identifiers to AI agents and treating AI agents as workloads.
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Tuesday, 09 March, 2027 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM GMT
Gartner's Hype Cycle for Digital Identity
Zachary Smith,
Director Analyst, Gartner
The digital identity landscape is being transformed by AI agents, identity visibility and identity threats. IAM leaders must use this Hype Cycle to foster innovation and investment to securely enable an adaptable digital business. AI agents and other workloads are spurring rapid innovations in the field of digital identity. Meanwhile, promising innovations for visibility, open standards and fine-grained authorization shape the broader digital identity landscape.
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