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2026 Predictions: The year identity becomes the ultimate control point for an autonomous world

In 2026, identity emerges as the critical control point as autonomous AI, fragile machine trust and weak governance collide.

As DevOps takes hold, more and more privileged account credentials and secrets are created and shared across interconnected access points.

Hard-coding and embedding credentials in the code or a script can initially make them easy to use – but this represents a significant vulnerability.

70% of firms faced pricey security breaches due to compromised accounts, careless misuse, or malicious insiders—only 1% were unscathed.