Machines Running Amok: We've Created More Than We Can Secure
Twenty years ago, you could count the servers in your data center. Today, we've unleashed an army of digital entities that's spiraling beyond our control. For every human employee, there are 50-100 machine identities operating in your environment—containers, serverless functions, and automated processes that spawn and disappear by the minute. We've created more computing power than we have the ability to secure, and the machines are running amok.
In this episode of SecureTalk, we dive deep into the invisible crisis affecting 91% of organizations: machine identity breaches. Join host Justin Beals and cybersecurity expert Oded Hareven, CEO of Akeyless, as they explore why password rotation is dead, how ephemeral computing is breaking traditional security models, and what revolutionary approaches like distributed fragment cryptography mean for the future of cybersecurity.
What You'll Learn: • Why 85% of identity breaches now come from compromised machines, not humans • The fundamental mismatch between static security and dynamic infrastructure • How military-grade cybersecurity innovations are transforming commercial applications • Why the AI-quantum computing convergence is forcing us to rethink encryption • Practical steps toward "SSO for machines" and ephemeral security models
Key Topics:
- Machine identity management at scale
- Zero-knowledge cryptography
- Quantum-resistant security architectures
- The evolution from static → rotation → ephemeral security
- Building security that matches cloud-native infrastructure
Guest: Oded Hareven, Co-founder & CEO of Akeyless.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to Cybersecurity and Machine Identities
04:37 The Evolution of Security Paradigms
09:30 Akeyless and Machine Identity Management
13:53 Zero Trust and Ephemeral Security
18:36 The Impact of AI and Quantum Computing on Security
23:19 Future Trends in Cybersecurity and Akeyless's Vision
Resources:
- Akeyless: https://akeyless.io
- SecureTalk Podcast: www.securetalkpodcast.com
#Cybersecurity #CloudSecurity #MachineLearning #QuantumComputing #DevSecOps #IdentityManagement #ZeroTrust
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