The 2026 State of Identity: Where Identity Risk Actually Lives

The average worker holds 96,000 entitlements. Only 55% of permissions are safe and compliant. And only 26% of organizations report having comprehensive AI security governance in place. These are markers of where identity risk concentrates and where remediation drives the most value. The 2026 State of Identity and Access Report surveyed the identity landscape across enterprises and reveals the gap between what security teams think they’re controlling and what’s actually exposed.

What You’ll Discover:
• Where dormant accounts cluster and why they pose outsized risk
• Which types of identities (human, non-human, AI) drive the highest blast radius
• How fragmented identity infrastructure amplifies risk across the organization
• What leading teams are doing differently to move from reactive audits to continuous defense