CyberDesk Whitepaper

Is IAM Enough in the Age of AI? Why Identity Visibility and Intelligence (IVIP) is becoming Essential

Despite investments in IAM, PAM, and CIEM, many organizations still struggle to answer a fundamental question: Who has access to what data? Drawing on 20 years of experience in enterprise data security, this whitepaper explores how Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIPs) provide the unified context needed to understand identities, access and data across complex environments, particularly in the age of AI.

Stephan Atkins

Sales Director at CyberDesk

20 years in enterprise data security

stephan.atkins@cyberdesk.app

Last updated: 21 October 2026 • 8 mins Reading Time

Identity Risk Intelligence: What Is an IVIP?

Do you know who, or what, can access your most sensitive data, and whether that access is still justified?

Identity-related breaches are rising, AI is introducing new security challenges, and inadequate access controls can expose organisations to significant financial and operational risks. Recent studies highlight the scale of the problem: 75% of organisations in Germany experienced an identity-related security breach in the past three years (RSA), while 92% of organisations reporting breaches involving AI models or applications lacked adequate AI access controls (IBM).

As AI agents, service accounts, and integrations multiply, traditional IAM tools struggle to keep pace with identities that are created rapidly, retain outdated credentials, or operate with excessive permissions.

Our whitepaper explores how Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIPs) help security leaders uncover hidden access risks, strengthen governance and simplify compliance. Discover how CyberDesk turns fragmented identity data into actionable intelligence, helping your organisation reduce security blind spots and maintain control over who, and what, can access critical data.

Ready to discover how an IVIP can help?

Download the whitepaper to discover how IVIPs help you uncover hidden access risks, strengthen identity security, and stay in control as AI-driven identities multiply.

Founders

Dr. Tobias Lieberum & Prabhakar Mishra

Year of foundation

2022

Headquarters

Munich, Germany

About CyberDesk

Founded in 2022 and based in Munich, Germany, CyberDesk is led by Dr. Tobias Lieberum and Prabhakar Mishra. In their previous careers in sensitive environments in banking and consulting, the founders firsthand witnessed the challenges of securing data access in the cloud. In lack of a satisfactory solution, they decided to solve this global threat themselves.