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title: "Why identity governance demands executive attention"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/why-identity-governance-demands-executive-attention-dcc49dfa
published: 2026-10-30T17:09:23.000Z
byline: "Source: CSO Online"
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# Why identity governance demands executive attention

Source: CSO Online · Published 2026-10-30 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/why-identity-governance-demands-executive-attention-dcc49dfa

The identity landscape you’re responsible for looks nothing like it did just a few years ago. Employees and contractors now share the enterprise with service accounts, machine identities, and a fast-growing population of AI agents — all accessing business systems and data. Every one of those identities represents an access decision, and every access decision is now a potential point of accountability that lands on your desk. Regulators and boards want proof. They expect security leaders to show who, or what, has access to critical systems and how that access is being governed. But when human and nonhuman identities (NHIs) change faster than manual processes can keep up, proof becomes much harder to produce. Foundry research ranks identity security among the top cybersecurity priorities for 2026, reflecting a shift in how leadership views risk: Identity has evolved from operational detail to executive concern. “The last 15 years of digital transformation has resulted in credential spraw

## Sources

- [Read the original at CSO Online](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4242864/why-identity-governance-demands-executive-attention.html)

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