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Why Identity Discovery and Inventory Matter in 2026

Written by Jeff Carpenter | Feb 2, 2026 2:52:52 PM

Modern enterprises don’t have a single privileged plane anymore. Privilege now lives across identity providers, cloud consoles, SaaS admin panels, CI/CD pipelines, service principals, and automation roles. To reduce risk, organizations need to confidently answer two questions: “What identities exist?” and “What access do they effectively have?” That gap is widening as privilege spreads across rapidly expanding non-human identities (NHI) and AI. 

This session explains why continuous discovery and inventory—the illumination of human identities, non-human identities, AI, entitlements, and privilege paths—is now a foundational technology and how you can align your security to strategically focus on risk reduction.  

Who should attend this webinar? 

  • CISO and Executive Leadership     
  • Delinea Customers   
  • Directors of Information Security and Identity Security 
  • Directors of Security & Risk   
  • Directors of Security Operations   
  • Identity and Access Management Teams 
  • Risk Management Professionals  

What will I learn?  

  • Why identity discovery is foundational when credential abuse remains prevalent in breach patterns.  
  • What “good” looks like for non-human identity inventory, ownership, and lifecycle controls at enterprise scale.  
  • Understand the macro shifts that are leading to the explosion of NHI and identity blind spots. 
Get answers to these important questions 
  • What non-human identity risks should be treated as highest priority, given machine identity scale? 
  • How do we measure “posture” and risk and demonstrate reduction over time? 
  • How do you show identity risk reduction using metrics that executives will accept?