Identity Day Copenhagen 2025

Gitte Gormsen has worked with Identity & Access Management for the past five years, focusing on marketing activities and business development within the domain. She has engaged in the cybersecurity, GRC and compliance agenda for more than 10 years. She has run professional IAM client communities, published articles and newspaper inserts on the IAM agenda and headed up some of the most successful IAM events on the Danish scene. Gitte will be guiding you through the day and make sure you leave with a firm overview of the learnings brought to you by the leading tech providers in the market.

Identity is more critical than ever, it’s the foundation of who we are, guiding our values, decisions, and interactions with the world. Within the context of compliance and digital security, identity becomes even more significant. In a world where personal data is constantly at risk of being hacked or manipulated, maintaining a clear and secure sense of identity is essential to protect not just our personal information, but our autonomy and control.

With over 20 years of experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), Sören specialize in Identity Lifecycle Management, Identity Governance, and Zero Trust Architectures.

Non-Human Identities (NHIs) pose one of the most significant cyber threats to an organisation as they can pose severe operational risks. In many cases, NHIs have elevated privileges, lack proper oversight, are not documented, and are often not linked to specific individuals. This makes them attractive targets for attackers, who may exploit them to gain unauthorised access, move laterally within systems, and carry out malicious activities without being detected. In our session, Silverfort will examine how organisations can reduce operational risk by understanding and implementing security controls around their Non-Human Identities.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand why Non-Human Identities should be a top priority for your board
• Learn about how to measure and detect the level of risk Non-Human Identities poseyou’re your organisation
• Grow your knowledge of how to mitigate the risk of Non-Human Identities, before, during and after a cyber breach

Allistair Scott is a Senior Sales Engineer with nearly 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, spanning multiple disciplines. With a background in both pre-sales and operational roles, including leading global security operations, Allistair is passionate about helping customers find solutions to meet their unique security needs.

Traditional perimeter-based identity models are no longer sufficient in an environment where threats are persistent, identities are dynamic, and user interactions span multiple devices and platforms. This technical workshop will dive deep into how continuous trust models can be architected using decentralized identity technologies, low-friction authentication mechanisms, and real-time verification process.

Steven Hayhoe is a seasoned identity and cloud specialist with over two decades enabling large scale, secure digital transformations across a range of industries including financial services, government, and critical infrastructure. As Principal Solution Consultant at Ping Identity, he helps global organisations design and implement resilient, secure and scalable IAM solutions that support workforce, customer and B2B IAM use cases.

The future is spelled A.I., and it’s rewriting Identity Security in more ways than we dare to admit.

Get ready for a thought-provoking journey from the messy present to the autonomous future of Identity. This talk explores the explosive evolution of both AI and Identity Security, challenging us to look beyond today’s manual toil and into a redefined world powered by AI Native technology.

Sami Mäkelä, CTO at ID North, brings nearly 30 years of experience in system development, IT risk, and security. His expertise spans Identity and Access Management (IAM), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Identity & Access Governance, as well as risk and quality metrics. Throughout his career, Sami has combined deep technical knowledge with strategic insight to deliver secure, scalable, and future-ready solutions.

• Learn why governance and security always starts with insight.
• Discover how a modern data model strengthens identity security.
• Hear how a platform approach simplifies and enhances identity management.
• Learn from the leader in Identity Security why this is just the beginning – and find out what’s next for identity security.

Mikael Wikström works as a Cyber Security Technical Advisor covering the Nordics region where he assists enterprises and organizations in defining the strategy and adoption of an integrated Identity Governance Platform. Mikael has more than 30 years experience in the Cyber Security software industry, where he has lead teams in the development and implementation of complex Cyber Security solutions with a focus on Identity Governance, Identity Management, Access Management in a wide range of organizations and enterprises.

An Identity Security Fabric is no longer optional—it’s essential for protecting access across IT, OT, DevOps, multicloud, AI, and non-human identities while meeting growing regulatory demands.

Too often, security tooling and teams operate in isolation from PAM, IGA, Access Management, AD security, and other controls, creating blind spots and inconsistent policies.
The result? Limited visibility, fragmented accountability, and unanswered questions about who has access to what, how, and why.

Join this session to learn how the One Identity Fabric unifies security silos, strengthens compliance, and delivers 360° oversight of all identities and entitlements—human and non-human alike.

As an evangelist and innovator, helping the c-suite understand the business value of a digital transformation journey. Alan assist in creating strong security strategies and roadmap to protect the most valuable assets in people, process and technology.

Passionate about the technology he has worked with over the past 20 years, Alan consider himself privileged in having a profession that he also enjoys in his spare time.