Nishant Kaushik
- Long-running Talking Identity commentary on the industry
- Identity architecture and CTO roles across major identity vendors
- Frequent speaker on the future of identity
Bio
Nishant Kaushik is a long-time identity architect and technologist, known for his Talking Identity writing and his sharp, vendor-neutral commentary on where the industry is heading. He has held architecture and CTO roles across major identity vendors and is a frequent conference speaker on authentication, IAM strategy, and the human experience of identity.
Profile built from public conference and personal-site records.
Where their work shows up
Kaushik's vendor-neutral commentary is most useful on the questions where marketing is loudest: what zero trust actually requires, why passwordless is a user-experience claim before it is a security one, and where non-human identity governance is heading.
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