Analyst Chat #248: Zero Trust and Beyond - Dynamic Authorization in 2025
Analyst Chat
KuppingerCole Analysts · Martin Kuppinger, Nitish Deshpande, Matthias Reinwarth
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (media.kuppingercole.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Join Matthias Reinwarth in this special episode of the KuppingerCole Analyst Chat as he welcomes not one but two expert guests: Nitish Deshpande, Research Analyst at KuppingerCole, and Martin Kuppinger, Principal Analyst and Co-Founder of KuppingerCole.
Together, they explore the evolution of modern authorization, discussing how far the industry has come since the early days of static entitlements and XML-based policies. From early insights shared back in 2009 to today’s dynamic, AI-enhanced, signal-driven authorization models, this episode unpacks the what, why, and how of modern access control systems.
📌 Topics covered include:
✅ What makes authorization "modern"?
✅ The shift from RBAC/ABAC to PBAM (Policy-Based Access Management)
✅ Real-time access decisions & context-aware authorization
✅ The role of AI and ML in modern authorization
✅ The connection between Zero Trust Architecture and dynamic policies
✅ Local vs. global enforcement and the future of decentralized decision points
✅ Data quality, governance, and identity lifecycle management
✅ How tools like OPA (Open Policy Agent) are lowering the barrier to adoption