Nader Nasser | Director, Cybersecurity & IAM
Capital One

Dr. Nader Nassar is the Director of Identity at Capital One, where he leads the Identity Assurance organization, driving innovation in next-generation identity proofing and digital identity solutions. With a proven track record in cybersecurity and identity platforms, Dr. Nassar previously served as Director of Engineering at Adobe, where he led the Identity Platform Engineering team. Nader holds a doctorate in Computer Science from Pace University, where his research centered on authentication and authorization. Dr. Nassar is a Master Inventor with nearly 65 U.S. patents, primarily in cybersecurity and identity technologies. In addition to his industry leadership, Dr. Nassar shares his expertise as a part-time professor at NYU and Pace University, where he teaches courses on ethical hacking and software engineering.

Appearances:

Day 2 @ 15:30

Non-human identities: What does enterprise architecture look like in the automated age?

Assess the rise in use cases for NHIs and the new security concerns that are raised by this.
Review the validity of zero trust models for NHIs to prevent compromised assets becoming a threat.
Explore what the future looks like for NHI usage across different industries and sectors.
Where are the best use cases that demonstrate NHIs enhancing existing enterprise architecture systems?
How will sentient NHIs, such as agentic AI operators, increase security risks pertaining to user authentication and verification?

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