IAM in 2026: From Anti-Patterns to Autonomous AI Agents | ft. Advait Patel | ScaleToZero Podcast | Ep. 108 | Cloudanix

<p>Cloud infrastructure is moving faster than ever, but is your security keeping up? We sit down with a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to discuss the evolution of Infrastructure Security and Compliance in 2026. Whether you&#39;re an SRE, Security Engineer, or DevOps Lead, this episode will challenge how you think about &quot;secure&quot; infrastructure.Transcript: https://www.scaletozero.com/episodes/iam-in-2026-from-anti-patterns-to-autonomous-ai-agents-with-advait-patel/Advait Patel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaitpatel93/Powered by: https://cloudanix.com</p><p>Also Available on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/1dchqWnt1hAKey Discussion Points are as Follows:00:00 Introduction07:40 Real-world Challenges of Infrastructure Security and Compliance11:20 Automating Security Checks and Avoiding Bottlenecks13:25 Security Impact of IAM Implementation17:28 Architecting an IAM Program in 202619:38 KPIs to Measure the Effectiveness of Security Implementations22:48 Measuring the Decision Quality25:12 Most Common IAM Anti-Patterns29:40 AI Agents for Automated Root Cause Analysis of IAM Failures33:27 Will AI Agents go Fully Autonomous?35:40 Using AI to Bypass IAM Security39:14 Cloud Security Trend From 2012 Should Die42:33 Future of AI Cloud Security44:14 Summary45:24 Learning Recommendations</p>