Identity at the center: Why AI is accelerating a new security imperative

Identity has officially outgrown its reputation as a back-end IT control. In fact, it is now a topic of discussion in the boardroom, an enabler of transformation and increasingly the new target.

That’s the message from Stephanie Barnett, vice president of presales and interim GM for Asia Pacific and Japan at Okta, who joined Identity Edge The iTnews podcast explains how identity impacts security, productivity and AI readiness across the region.

“Identity has evolved from an authentication project to a strategic business layer; the most important part of any digital…