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James Ross shared thisA significant milestone for Saviynt and our partnership with SAP. As organisations navigate SAP IDM end-of-life while simultaneously preparing for the rapid growth of non-human identities and AI agents, there’s an opportunity to rethink identity governance more broadly - not simply replace legacy technology. Saviynt’s availability on the SAP Store makes it easier for SAP customers to modernise IGA, extend governance beyond the SAP ecosystem, and establish the identity controls needed for an increasingly AI-driven enterprise. 🔗 Explore our listing on the SAP Store to get started: https://lnkd.in/d6bkgmuWJames Ross shared this🔥 Big news for the SAP ecosystem! 🔥 🚀 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 Saviynt 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐀𝐏® 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞! As the enterprise landscape faces the rise of non-human identities (NHI)—from service accounts to autonomous AI agents—securing and governing enterprise access has never been more critical. Concurrently, with SAP Identity Management (SAP IDM) approaching its End of Life, organizations are rethinking their entire security architecture. Whether you are navigating the end-of-life for SAP IDM, looking to secure modern AI workloads, or wanting to break down identity silos, this milestone makes it easier than ever to transform your identity governance strategy: 1. Looking to extend SAP Access Control to non-SAP systems, NHIs, and AI agents? If you rely on SAP Access Control (AC) for Segregation of Duties (SoD) and risk management within your core SAP landscape, Saviynt allows you to seamlessly extend those controls across your entire non-SAP environment. Crucially, it brings advanced governance to Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and autonomous AI agents, ensuring that automated workflows and machine identities are monitored, audited, and strictly governed. 2. Looking for a seamless SAP IDM replacement? Transition safely from legacy SAP IDM to a modern, cloud-native Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform. Saviynt offers a clear migration path that minimizes business disruption, ensures continuous compliance, and future-proofs your identity infrastructure for the AI era. Streamline your procurement directly through the SAP Store and accelerate your identity security journey. 🔗 Explore our listing on the SAP Store to get started: https://lnkd.in/d6bkgmuW #SAP #SAPGRC #SAPAccessControl #SAPIDM #Saviynt #SAPStore #CloudSecurity #IAM #AIAgents #NonHumanIdentities #DigitalTransformation #IdentityGovernance #Cybersecurity Sachin K Nayyar Vibhuti R Sinha Vinit Shah Sarma ADITHE Amarinder Jassal Jeremy Rohrs Nick Mansour Nitin Varma Nupur Goyal Henrique Bernardes B Teixeira Jonathan Neal Tim W. James Ross Daniel Wicks Chris S. Jean François PRUVOT Jeramy van Menxel Kamel Heus Roger Hsu Ravi Erukulla Sunil Kedaraji Blake Swanson Doug Norton-Bilsby Steve Blacklock Steve Taylor Melwin Louis Sai Santosha Pidatala Chris Hallum Steve Oberhauser Elizabeth (Liz) Giancarli Cengiz Tuztas John Karagozian Ryan Throop, CISSP Sagar Srikantaiah Vinay Raghavan Vijay Chaudhari Paul Squires Ravi Dave Edward Davies
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James Ross shared thisThe next frontier in AI security isn’t just controlling what agents can access — it’s governing what they’re authorised to do. As enterprises move from AI experimentation to autonomous agents taking real-world actions, traditional access controls, OAuth scopes and content filtering only solve part of the problem. The critical question becomes: Should this agent be allowed to take this specific action, on behalf of this person, in this context, right now? That’s where identity becomes fundamental to scaling agentic AI safely. Great explanation here of how Saviynt is approaching runtime authorisation — bringing identity, delegation, intent, risk and policy together at the moment an AI agent acts.James Ross shared thisLast week I wrote about why "we have an AI gateway" (Article link in comments below) is becoming the most misunderstood sentence in enterprise security. The response surprised me. So let me go a level deeper — and then show you what we actually built. Most organizations are using the term "AI Gateway" to describe three fundamentally different security gateways: Content Security Gateway— blocks prompt injection, jailbreaks, unsafe outputs, data leakage. MCP and LLM Gateways — controls how agents connect to models, tools, MCP servers, APIs, enterprise applications. Agent Access Gateway for Runtime Authorization — determines whether an AI agent should be allowed to perform a specific action, at a specific moment, based on identity, context, risk, policy, and intent. Most enterprises have deployed the first. Some are building the second. Very few are thinking seriously about the third. Here's why the third one keeps me up at night: Access is not authorization. An agent may be able to connect to your payroll system. That doesn't mean it should approve a compensation change. An agent may carry valid credentials. That doesn't mean the action it's about to take is appropriate for this moment, this context, this risk level. Content filtering doesn't answer those questions. Neither do OAuth scopes. So we built something that does. In this chalk talk I walk through how Saviynt built the 3rd Type - Agent Access Gateway for runtime authorization layer explaining how agent identities are established, how delegation chains are traced back to an originating human, how intent and risk are evaluated before an action executes, and how every decision is made auditable and explainable. The thing that stuck with me most isn't the architecture. It's the question that forced the architecture to exist: When an AI agent acts on behalf of a human — who is actually responsible for what it does? The human who prompted it? The agent that acted? The workflow that orchestrated it? The delegated identity that authorized it? Interestingly, the answer is all of them. Simultaneously. That's not a technical problem. That's a governance problem. And it's one enterprises are going to have to solve before agentic AI can safely scale — not after. The chalk talk is below. Would genuinely love to hear how others are approaching this: has your organization started designing for the third gateway, or is this still on the horizon? #AgenticSecurity #AgentAccessGateway #AIGateways Gnana Thanikachalam, CISSP Jaikumar Kovilakathum Parambil Ajitha Choudary Christian Posta Sanjay Kulkarni Tony Romero Antony Jojo Gopal Padinjaruveetil Goutham Rayavarapu Nakul Sharma Josh S. Suresh Sridharan Mahmoud Matouk Sreejith Rajkumar Deepak Patel Deepak Anekal Henrique Bernardes B Teixeira Namyoon Han Nupur Goyal Sachin K Nayyar Paul Zolfaghari Pete Angstadt Kevin Spurway Akhil Kapoor Rekha Das Amarinder Jassal Steve Hicks Michael Cobo Nick Mansour Sudhi Rao Apurv Garg Ritesh Patel
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James Ross shared thisWe've now made it easier for all SAP customers to get on board with our next generation GRC for SAP! Ash Rahman Clinton Mottram George Pithoulas Vijay Chaudhari Anthony Beggs Ivan Lobo Suhail Ismail Adam Kelly Simon Hu Leigh Doddy Dragan Vladicic Tim W. Brett Willsmore Pranav KaliaJames Ross shared this🔥 Big news for the SAP ecosystem! 🔥 🚀 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 Saviynt 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐀𝐏® 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞! As the enterprise landscape faces the rise of non-human identities (NHI)—from service accounts to autonomous AI agents—securing and governing enterprise access has never been more critical. Concurrently, with SAP Identity Management (SAP IDM) approaching its End of Life, organizations are rethinking their entire security architecture. Whether you are navigating the end-of-life for SAP IDM, looking to secure modern AI workloads, or wanting to break down identity silos, this milestone makes it easier than ever to transform your identity governance strategy: 1. Looking to extend SAP Access Control to non-SAP systems, NHIs, and AI agents? If you rely on SAP Access Control (AC) for Segregation of Duties (SoD) and risk management within your core SAP landscape, Saviynt allows you to seamlessly extend those controls across your entire non-SAP environment. Crucially, it brings advanced governance to Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and autonomous AI agents, ensuring that automated workflows and machine identities are monitored, audited, and strictly governed. 2. Looking for a seamless SAP IDM replacement? Transition safely from legacy SAP IDM to a modern, cloud-native Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform. Saviynt offers a clear migration path that minimizes business disruption, ensures continuous compliance, and future-proofs your identity infrastructure for the AI era. Streamline your procurement directly through the SAP Store and accelerate your identity security journey. 🔗 Explore our listing on the SAP Store to get started: https://lnkd.in/d6bkgmuW #SAP #SAPGRC #SAPAccessControl #SAPIDM #Saviynt #SAPStore #CloudSecurity #IAM #AIAgents #NonHumanIdentities #DigitalTransformation #IdentityGovernance #Cybersecurity Sachin K Nayyar Vibhuti R Sinha Vinit Shah Sarma ADITHE Amarinder Jassal Jeremy Rohrs Nick Mansour Nitin Varma Nupur Goyal Henrique Bernardes B Teixeira Jonathan Neal Tim W. James Ross Daniel Wicks Chris S. Jean François PRUVOT Jeramy van Menxel Kamel Heus Roger Hsu Ravi Erukulla Sunil Kedaraji Blake Swanson Doug Norton-Bilsby Steve Blacklock Steve Taylor Melwin Louis Sai Santosha Pidatala Chris Hallum Steve Oberhauser Elizabeth (Liz) Giancarli Cengiz Tuztas John Karagozian Ryan Throop, CISSP Sagar Srikantaiah Vinay Raghavan Vijay Chaudhari Paul Squires Ravi Dave Edward Davies
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James Ross shared thisZuma has arrived 🏄♂️ AI can now be secured and governed!James Ross shared thisLIVE from Nasdaq 🚨⬇️
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James Ross reposted thisJames Ross reposted thisSachin K Nayyar, our CEO, is at the coast, offering a glimpse of a new wave that’s on its way 🌊. Join us LIVE next week, on July 28, to discover the future of AI Security ⬇️ https://okt.to/sjfwbM
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James Ross shared thisIndependent analyst recognition is always pleasing, but more importantly it validates the long-term strategy many of our customers have chosen - investing in a modern identity platform built for AI, non-human identities and continuous governance.James Ross shared thisICYMI 📣 KuppingerCole Analysts named us the Leader in every category of the 2026 KuppingerCole IGA Leadership Compass: Overall, Product, Innovation, and Market 🏆. As the industry shifts toward AI-driven identity governance and the management of non-human identities, our unified Identity Platform is the definitive solution for modernizing legacy IGA.
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James Ross shared thisAI agent governance keeping you up at night...we have a solution for that!James Ross shared thisAI agents operate at a speed and scale no human workflow ever has, making thousands of decisions across your systems in seconds. Controlling that access and action in real time is no longer optional. Our latest release is a major expansion of Saviynt Agent Access Gateway, with Intent-Aware Runtime Authorization (IARA), helping organizations identify the gap between what an AI agent is capable of doing and what it was designed to do. Agent Access Gateway places a secure gate between AI agents and enterprise resources, enforcing Zero Standing Privilege in real time. With IARA, authorization decisions consider not just who the agent is, but what it intends to do, bringing identity, context, purpose, and risk into every access decision. Find out how to govern your AI agents with confidence, at scale ⬇️ https://okt.to/VXCgU2
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James Ross reposted thisJames Ross reposted thisWith explosive growth across our ANZ business, we’re expanding our sales team and looking for an experienced Sales Rep based in Sydney. If you have a strong background in SIEM and a passion for helping customers modernize their cybersecurity operations, we’d love to connect. Exciting times ahead as we continue to scale across the region. Check out this job at Securonix: Regional Sales Manager
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James Ross shared thisAWS Summit Sydney - 13/14 May AI adoption is moving fast, but access complexity is catching up even faster. As organisations scale, "agent sprawl" is becoming a critical risk. Most teams now have significantly more autonomous agents than they realised, often operating without clear visibility or ownership. The Saviynt team will be at AWS Summit Sydney (Booth B12) talking through our framework for governing AI agents across three key pillars: - Visibility: Continuous discovery to ensure you can actually see every AI agent across your ecosystem. - Governance: Managing AI agents with the same rigour and lifecycle standards as human identities. - Real-time Enforcement: Using an AI Access Gateway to prevent unauthorised data loss at machine speed. Beyond AI, we are helping teams keep identity access compliant and strengthen their posture across every AWS workload without slowing down delivery. Stop by Booth B12 to chat with the team and enter our LEGO prize draw. The real win is leaving with a strategy to secure your non-human identities. See you there! #AWS #IdentitySecurity #AIGovernance #Cybersecurity #IGA #IAM #CloudSecurity #AWSSummitSydney
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Congrats Todd Rotger. Great move and I'm sure growth will continue to accelerate under your leadership 👏
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James Ross reacted on thisJames Ross reacted on thisAfter many years in Cyber Security, I've learned that the best IAM professionals don't just secure systems, they create experiences that customers trust. At TAL, we're looking for an IAM Engineering Lead to own and evolve our Customer Identity and Access Management capabilities, leveraging existing platforms, while planning for the future, to deliver secure, seamless, and modern digital identity experiences. If you're someone who enjoys challenging the status quo, using automation and AI on everything possible, solving complex identity problems, and building services that balance security with exceptional customer outcomes, this is a rare opportunity to make a genuine impact. You'll lead a talented team, influence strategy, and help shape the future of customer identity for Australia's largest life insurer. Click the link below to find out more - https://smrtr.io/BzdWNIAM Engineering lead - Customer Identity and Access ManagementIAM Engineering lead - Customer Identity and Access Management
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James Ross liked thisJames Ross liked thisThe partner account manager role has quietly become one of the hardest jobs in tech sales. The ultimate swiss army pen knife of a role. When I started my channel career, the role sat firmly at the junior end of the career ladder. You were measured on activity: how many partner visits, how many lunch-and-learns, how big your expenses budget was, how many rounds of golf you played. Show up, be visible, be liked. That model carried the industry for the best part of twenty years, and to be fair, it wasn't wrong — it built the relationships the channel runs on. But something's shifted in the last three years. Channel has stopped being a support function and become a profit centre — for a lot of vendors, comfortably the largest part of their inbound pipeline. And the job has changed underneath the title. You still need the baseline. Visibility, persistence, consistency, and the ability to build a proper relationship with an (often times) early-career partner rep still matter — arguably more than ever. But now that sits alongside building a genuinely compelling business plan, holding a credible conversation with a partner CEO, CRO, or SLT member, and understanding a customer's actual pain points well enough to speak to them directly. You need to live in the leading indicators — pipeline health, deal registration trends — not just report on them after the fact. You need to work the entire spectrum of a partner organisation, from the newest rep to the executive team. And you need a working understanding of the alliances and marketplace ecosystem, because increasingly that's where a chunk of your growth is actually going to come from. That's not an evolution of the same job. It's a materially more senior one, wearing the same job title it had a decade ago. I've come to think about what that actually demands as RRP³ — Relevance, Responsiveness, Profitability, Persistence, and Planning. Relevance at every level of a partner org, not just the sales floor. Responsiveness partners can set their clock by. Profitability engineered into how a deal is scoped, not left to chance. Persistence that shows up whether or not there's a deal in the room. And a joint plan that operationalises all of it, every day — not just at QBR. That's the standard the role is being held to now, whether or not the job description has noticed. And, on top of all of that, being all over the leading indicators of your business. Daily. I don't think the industry has fully caught up with what it's asking of this role — in how it's compensated, how it's hired for, or how it's developed. We've raised the bar considerably and, in a lot of organisations, left the ladder exactly where it was. #ChannelSales #PartnerSales #GoToMarket
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James Ross reacted on thisJames Ross reacted on thisAbout ten years ago, I had the opportunity of spending considerable time in the US, learning from some of the brightest minds and most forward-thinking organisations. That experience very much shaped how I think about identity, trust and the role technology can play in solving complex problems. I’m excited to have the opportunity to do it again, this time with Daon. Looking forward to reconnecting with familiar faces, meeting some new ones and spending time with organisations tackling some of the industry’s biggest challenges. Wicked challenges, new perspectives and much more to learn. #daon #idx3 #digitalidentity
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James Ross reacted on thisThis one is personal. Timothy Sim joins Infotrust as Head of Identity Security — and I couldn't be more pleased to share this one. Timothy and I worked together at First Point Global for over a decade. Australia's first dedicated identity firm, acquired by KPMG in 2015. In that time, I watched him develop into one of the sharpest identity practitioners in the country. He didn't drift. He stayed in identity, went deep, and kept growing. That's rare. Today, we call it Identity Security, not Identity Management — because the question has shifted from who has access to who is actively being exploited. Credentials are now the primary attack vector. Governance alone doesn't stop that. Identity is complex. Most people move on — into broader security, into management, into other things. Timothy stayed because he genuinely understood what was being built and why it mattered. That instinct, combined with a decade-plus of hands-on program delivery, is exactly what Infotrust needed. He joins at a moment when the practice is moving from capability to market. We have the vendor relationships, the architecture, the managed service model and the pipeline. What we now have is the person to pull it together and lead it with the depth it deserves. Proud to have him back alongside. Identity is in good hands. Welcome to Infotrust, Timothy. Let's build. #Identity #IdentitySecurity #Infotrust #CyberSecurityJames Ross reacted on thisI’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Head of Identity Security at Infotrust!
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James Ross reacted on thisI'm honored to share that I've joined Cyberhaven as President. Cyberhaven is the leader in data security for the agentic enterprise, and the company is coming off a record first half of revenue growth. Cyberhaven was built for this moment — a runtime graph connecting human → agent → workflow → data, with real-time enforcement to keep sensitive data where it belongs. It's a new control plane for the AI era, and why leading organizations across AI, financial services, biotech, and defense already trust us. I'm looking forward to bringing my experience to the team as we accelerate into this next phase of growth. Thank you to the team for the warm welcome — excited for what's ahead. Nishant Doshi, Aaron Feigin, Edward Sharp, James McCarthy, Andy Dobrov, Manish Kalia, Aman Sirohi, Conie Lee, Shathiya RengalwarJames Ross reacted on thisComing off record first-half growth and plan overachievement, we're excited to welcome the newest members of our leadership team: Todd Rotger, President, Go-to-Market Manish Kalia, Chief Product Officer Aaron Feigin, Chief Marketing Officer Andy Dobrov, SVP of Customer Experience, Services & Support Each of them chose Cyberhaven for the same reason: AI changed work — how it gets done, how fast data moves, and who (or what) touches it along the way. Protecting that shift means securing every workflow, human to human, human to AI, AI to AI, not just data at rest. That's the platform, the story, and the customer experience they're here to build. Swipe to hear it in their own words 👇 and read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/gYj7j_8U
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