What were the key takeaways from EIC 2025? This week, Matthias Reinwarth speaks with Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt, IAM expert and advisor at KuppingerCole Analysts, to get a personal review of the European Identity and Cloud Conference 2025 and its highlights.

🚀 Key Topics Covered:

✅ Why authorization is still the hardest part of IAM
✅ Identity Fabric & Reference Architecture—real-world applications
✅ How to operationalize IAM frameworks for daily business use
✅ Convincing sponsors to fund IAM initiatives (Phillip’s keynote topic)
✅ Trends in Zero Trust, dynamic authorization, and enterprise IAM maturity
✅ Why IAM complexity is growing—and how to keep up

Whether you attended EIC 2025 or want to catch up on identity strategy trends, this episode delivers deep insights on the evolving IAM landscape.