IAM in 2026: From Anti-Patterns to Autonomous AI Agents | ft. Advait Patel | ScaleToZero Podcast | Ep. 108 | Cloudanix

Cloud infrastructure is moving faster than ever, but is your security keeping up? We sit down with a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to discuss the evolution of Infrastructure Security and Compliance in 2026. Whether you're an SRE, Security Engineer, or DevOps Lead, this episode will challenge how you think about "secure" infrastructure.Transcript: https://www.scaletozero.com/episodes/iam-in-2026-from-anti-patterns-to-autonomous-ai-agents-with-advait-patel/Advait Patel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaitpatel93/Powered by: https://cloudanix.comAlso Available on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/1dchqWnt1hAKey Discussion Points are as Follows:00:00 Introduction07:40 Real-world Challenges of Infrastructure Security and Compliance11:20 Automating Security Checks and Avoiding Bottlenecks13:25 Security Impact of IAM Implementation17:28 Architecting an IAM Program in 202619:38 KPIs to Measure the Effectiveness of Security Implementations22:48 Measuring the Decision Quality25:12 Most Common IAM Anti-Patterns29:40 AI Agents for Automated Root Cause Analysis of IAM Failures33:27 Will AI Agents go Fully Autonomous?35:40 Using AI to Bypass IAM Security39:14 Cloud Security Trend From 2012 Should Die42:33 Future of AI Cloud Security44:14 Summary45:24 Learning Recommendations