Topics: Automation for increased accounts and IAM to tackle the proliferation of human and non-human identities.

With more connected cars and automated systems, the automotive industry is also wrapped up in embracing identity and access management to protect data. Kulsharest Jain, Senior Solutions Architect at Mercedes Benz Singapore, explains why IAM is relevant to the commercial and automated functions of the business, with AI pushing the automotive sector to further safeguard users and corporate identities from mass data breaches.

“Some of the ways we are helping is using multi-factor authentication which reduces risk”.

Audit and reviews are helping to assess internal threats, but additionally, data and behavioural analysis is capable of detecting anomalies that indicate external threats. This interesting conversation delves more into their starting path with traditional IAM and moving away with the general industry view of considering human and non-human false identities to approach identity governance. Moreover, with so many accounts, automation is key to identity orchestration and in terms of the review.