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The Fourth Enterprise Control Plane Is Emerging Around AI

Posted by Jeff Orr on 11 August 2026

Enterprise architecture has traditionally been organized around three primary control planes: infrastructure, identity and applications. Each evolved to solve a specific challenge. Infrastructure established where workloads execute. Identity determined who could access enterprise resources. Applications standardized business processes and information flows. Artificial intelligence introduces a... Read More

Topics: Observability, IT & Technologies, Identity, IT Management & Operations, AI Governance, Control Layer, Enterprise Architecture, Policy, Runtime Control, Detection and Response

A Practical Enterprise Playbook to Integrating NHI with IAM/PAM

Posted by Jeff Orr on 28 October 2025

Enterprises with established Identity Access Management and Privileged Access Management must extend governance to non-human identities to protect APIs, services, automation and agentic AI. Effective evaluation of NHI security software hinges on risk-driven prioritization, integration fidelity and measurable outcomes. CIOs, CISOs and IT leaders should align the identity strategy with enterprise... Read More

Topics: Cybersecurity, NIST, IT & Technologies, Agentic AI, PAM, IAM, Zero Trust, Identity, Non-Human Identity, NHI, Machine Identity

Dedicated NHI Security Software: The Enterprise Need

Posted by Jeff Orr on 22 October 2025

Enterprises are accelerating digital initiatives powered by APIs, services, IoT and agentic artificial intelligence (AI), expanding non-human identity (NHI) risk faster than legacy Identity Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) can govern. CIOs, CISOs and IT leaders need an identity strategy that treats NHIs as first-class identities, integrates with IAM/PAM and advances... Read More

Topics: Cybersecurity, NIST, IT & Technologies, Agentic AI, PAM, IAM, Zero Trust, Identity, Non-Human Identity, NHI, Machine Identity