Insights on identity security, access governance, and modern IGA.
The Four Stages of AI Adoption, and What Separates the Companies That Get It Right
·Will Bengtson
Every organization is on an AI adoption curve. Here's what that journey looks like stage by stage, and why governance, identity, and security separate the companies that get it right.
Your Passwordless Rollout Has a Password in It
·Ali Falahi
Most "passwordless" rollouts still start with a password in a welcome email. Here's how to use Entra ID's Temporary Access Pass (TAP), wired into a C1 joiner workflow, to make day one truly passwordless.
Audit Proofing Your AI Implementation
·Claire McKenna
Brad Thies (BARR Advisory) and Will Bengtson (C1 CISO) on how to govern AI adoption without slowing it down: access, risk, documentation, and the frameworks that actually matter.
What MCP doesn't include: governance
·Paul Querna
MCP is the protocol everyone is racing to govern. But the protocol itself doesn't include governance. Identity, policy, audit, lifecycle — those still have to come from somewhere. Here's where they come from.
Security Needs a Second Floor
·Kevin Paige
Part 2 of 2. The CIA triad protects data. It was never designed to govern the actors touching it. Why Identity, Trust, and Governance form a control plane above CIA -- the second floor of modern security.
AI Access Management Is Now Generally Available
·Melody Scheidler
AI Access Management is generally available for all C1 customers. Govern how employees, personal AI assistants, and enterprise agents access enterprise tools and data — at the speed AI actually moves.
C1 Deploy: Introducing AI Role Mining
·Brittany Smail
AI Role Mining analyzes the entitlements your users actually hold and surfaces suggested roles you can approve in a few clicks. No spreadsheets, no guesswork, no drift.
C1: The Headless Identity Infrastructure
·Alex Bovee
Announcing the C1 Headless Identity Infrastructure — one identity graph, API-first everything, inline authorization, continuous governance, and an open connector fabric. Built for the era of agents.
Stop Slacking Passwords to New Hires
·Ali Falahi
IT teams keep Slacking, emailing, and sticky-noting passwords to new hires because no one built real plumbing for the day-zero credential handoff. Here's how C1's Paper Vault and App Vault fix it without the workarounds.
