As digital ecosystems grow more complex and AI evolves into a bigger role within your organization, identity will serve as the new control plane for this paradigm. At OpenText World 2025 next week (Nov. 17–20) in Nashville, TN (USA), the Identity and Access Management (IAM) track brings together the latest strategies, architectures, and tools that both helps organizations secure access, govern data, and prove compliance across hybrid environments, while also providing insights that help you mature your security infrastructure for tomorrow.

Zero Trust that holds up

CYB01 | November 18, 2025 | 1:00 PM
Soren Pettersson

Zero Trust isn’t just a slogan—it’s an operational model. In “Identity First: Securing Access to Content and Systems Alike,” OpenText experts will show how to make identity the foundation for Zero Trust. See how to automate join–move–leave across hybrid systems, enforce least privilege through unified policy, and integrate just-in-time privileged access controls that scale from applications to content repositories.

Kill the password, keep the users

CYBTT_01 | November 18, 2025 | 1:30 PM
Harley Adams

Passwords are past their prime. In this fast-paced Turbo Talk, explore the highlights from the new Passwordless Buyer’s Guide and see how to make authentication both phishing-resistant and frictionless. Walk away with a one-page scorecard and a 30/60/90-day rollout plan.

The future of cybersecurity starts with identity

CYB00 | November 18, 2025 | 2:00 PM
Marcus Hearne, Scott Richards

Cybersecurity Keynote – “AI Agents Are the New Attack Surface” opens the track with a forward-looking discussion on securing large language models and AI agents that now write code, access data, and make decisions. Learn how OpenText is applying identity-first principles to protect against this new class of scalable, autonomous risk—where the line between user and system begins to blur.

Lock the data, not the business

CYB05 | November 18, 2025 | 4:15 PM
Soren Pettersson

Every organization wants to reduce insider risk without slowing productivity. The session “Identity-First Governance and Insider Risk in Action” delivers a practical playbook for doing just that. You’ll leave with a 30-day starter checklist, sample scoring templates, and two customer success stories that show how to turn governance into a business enabler.

No standing access: Zero Trust with Core Identity Foundation

CYB29 | November 18, 2025 | 4:55 PM
Matt Graves

“No Standing Access” shows how OpenText Core Identity Foundation delivers real-time, policy-driven Zero Trust at scale—replacing standing rights with just-in-time access you can audit. See rollout steps, KPIs, and proven governance patterns that unify cloud, SaaS, and legacy identity environments.

Provision, permission, proof. Hybrid governance with Entra ID + IGA/PAM

CYB07 | November 19, 2025 | 1:00 PM
Soren Pettersson

Complex IT environments present hybrid identity challenges. Starting with Microsoft Entra ID’s strengths and limitations, and then combining it with hybrid IGA and privileged access solutions enables full lifecycle management, compliance, and governance across cloud and on-prem systems—ensuring security, interoperability, and audit readiness.

From access to attestation

CYB09 | November 19, 2025 | 1:40 PM
David Condrey

Provisioning is only the beginning. In “Where IAM Meets Data Security,” discover how OpenText Data Access Governance bridges identity and data protection to bring context-rich visibility to unstructured data. Learn how to deliver cleaner access reviews, reduce overexposure risk, and meet privacy regulations with confidence.

See it, prove it, ship it

CYB12 | November 19, 2025 | 2:20 PM
Christian Karch

Visibility shouldn’t feel like detective work. The “Real-Time IAM Oversight for Content and Access” session showcases OpenText Audit, Compliance & Data Intelligence (ACDI)—a unified monitoring and reporting layer that provides clear, board-ready insights into identity, permissions, and content activity across your enterprise.

Racks to SaaS: migrate and modernize with confidence

CYB14 | November 19, 2025 | 3:20 PM
Jim Montgomery

In “Migrating Identity with Content in Lockstep,” OpenText experts walk through the path from legacy Identity Manager to OpenText™ Core Identity Foundation, the cloud-native IAM platform designed for Zero Trust, hybrid access, and continuous compliance. Get the step-by-step migration playbook that simplifies modernization while preserving security and content access continuity.

Provision, permission, proof – mature IGA with just-in-time PAM

CYB16 | November 19, 2025 | 4:00 PM
Jim Montgomery

Good IGA grants access. Great IGA removes it when it’s not needed—and proves it. This session shows how converging identity lifecycle, governance, and PAM delivers Zero Standing Privileges without slowing work. Expect a practical blueprint and KPIs for showing measurable progress to leadership.

Beyond humans: securing AI and automation

CYB21 | November 20, 2025 | 10:30 AM
Matt Graves

AI and automation introduce new classes of “non-human” identities. “Bots with Badges – Zero Trust IAM for Humans, Content Agents, and Machines” explores how to extend IAM policies to service accounts, content agents, and AI workflows—so every identity, human or otherwise, is governed and auditable.

Build your identity-first future

OpenText World 2025 brings the full cybersecurity story together—where identity, data, and application security converge. By anchoring Zero Trust in identity, organizations can secure every interaction, human or machine, across hybrid and AI-powered environments. Explore how OpenText makes this vision real, starting with the IAM sessions in Nashville. We hope to see you there!

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