Twine’s CEO Benny Porat on the Identity at the Center Podcast
Key takeaways
- Benny Porat defines cybersecurity execution as using the organization’s existing tools to achieve its objectives, following the needs and requirements of the business.
- The episode contrasts AI-driven execution with traditional automation.
- Non-human identities need their own governance.
- The IAM practitioner’s role changes as AI takes on more operational work.
Table of contents
On Episode #445 of Identity at the Center, Twine Security Co-Founder and CEO Benny Porat joins host Jim McDonald to explain how Alex, Twine’s AI Digital Employee for IAM, helps cybersecurity teams close the execution gap. “When we’re talking about cybersecurity execution,” Benny says, “we’re talking about using the organization’s existing tools, finding the best way to achieve its objectives, and following the needs and requirements of the business.”
The conversation covers how AI-driven execution differs from traditional automation, what governance non-human identities need, and how the IAM practitioner’s role changes as AI takes on more operational work. Benny also shares Twine’s agentic vision for cybersecurity teams, whether he chose identity or it chose him, and where the name Twine comes from. On a lighter note, he reveals what kind of agent he’d build to help him in his personal life.
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