https://identara.ca/insights/ Essays and field notes on identity and access management, by Vidyaa Ganesh. en Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://identara.ca/article/?file=built-to-subtract.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=built-to-subtract.md Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT Philosophy Vidyaa Ganesh Identity governance has one move. For the people who need it most, it points the wrong way. https://identara.ca/article/?file=ai-agents-need-identity.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=ai-agents-need-identity.md Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Trends Vidyaa Ganesh The agentic identity moment just landed on a workforce already running on a sixth day every week. The most exciting moment in identity history is also the most demanding. https://identara.ca/article/?file=iam-market-reshuffle.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=iam-market-reshuffle.md Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT Trends Vidyaa Ganesh Mega-acquisitions, billion-dollar startups, and entirely new product categories. The IAM market is moving fast. What does it mean for the people actually running identity programs? https://identara.ca/article/?file=identity-crisis-2026.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=identity-crisis-2026.md Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT Future Vidyaa Ganesh Most of us don't actually own our digital identities. We borrow them. Explore the promise and disruption of portable, user-owned identity. https://identara.ca/article/?file=identity-security-notes.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=identity-security-notes.md Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT Practice Vidyaa Ganesh Reflecting on the state of identity security. Insights on hardening, detection, and why simplicity beats sophistication. https://identara.ca/article/?file=nhi-intro.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=nhi-intro.md Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT Trends Vidyaa Ganesh We built a second workforce out of software and never extended governance to it. Non-human identities now outnumber people in most enterprises, and almost none of them are watched. https://identara.ca/article/?file=auth-protocols.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=auth-protocols.md Mon, 14 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT Education Vidyaa Ganesh Every login is a question of who is willing to vouch for you, and to whom. Read the common protocols that way and they stop being a list to memorize and become a map of trust. https://identara.ca/article/?file=pam-basics.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=pam-basics.md Fri, 10 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT Security Vidyaa Ganesh The story we tell about privileged access is that it locks down admins. The deeper truth is that standing power is the liability, and the work is making privilege temporary. https://identara.ca/article/?file=ciam-deep-dive.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=ciam-deep-dive.md Fri, 03 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT Strategy Vidyaa Ganesh Customer identity is the one piece of infrastructure your customers actually touch. Treat it as a security control and you lose them; treat it as product and you keep them. https://identara.ca/article/?file=unlocking-iam.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=unlocking-iam.md Thu, 19 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT Implementation Vidyaa Ganesh Proofing, joiner-mover-leaver, certification, RBAC, IGA. The whole vocabulary reduces to one promise: the right access, for exactly as long as it is warranted, and not a day more. https://identara.ca/article/?file=identity-matters.md https://identara.ca/article/?file=identity-matters.md Mon, 16 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT Philosophy Vidyaa Ganesh Most organizations file identity under expense. It is the control layer that decides what risk, growth, and trust are even possible, and it pays for itself the first time it stops something.