Identity Hygiene: Making It Harder for Attackers to Exploit Your Identities

Cybercriminals do not break in. They log in. And in most organizations, poor identity hygiene makes that disturbingly easy. Orphaned accounts, excessive permissions, uncertified access, and unmanaged credentials are the open doors that attackers walk through every day.

In support of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 and its theme of making life difficult for cybercriminals, Omada and IDSA are hosting a practical session on identity hygiene: what it is, why it matters, and what good looks like in practice.

Whether you are building your identity security program or looking to strengthen what you already have, this session will give you practical guidance you can act on immediately.

What Will Attendees Learn?

Why identity hygiene is one of the most effective and underinvested areas of enterprise security
The most common identity hygiene failures and how attackers exploit them
How to identify and remediate access sprawl, orphaned accounts, and standing privileges
How automated access certification and least privilege enforcement make your environment harder to compromise- What a sustainable identity hygiene program looks like at enterprise scale

Who Should Attend?

CISOs, CIOs, and security leaders
IAM and IGA professionals
IT and cybersecurity teams
Risk, compliance, and audit teams
Anyone responsible for managing identities, access, and credentials

The Panelists

Craig Ramsay

Senior Field Strategist

Craig Ramsay is a Senior Field Strategist at Omada and a recognized authority in Identity Governance and Administration. With more than 15 years in Identity and Access Management, including hands-on experience inside enterprise identity teams, Craig helps organizations transform identity from a compliance obligation into a strategic enabler. He works with global enterprises to build resilient, scalable IGA programs that deliver measurable security and operational impact. A CISSP and frequent industry speaker, Craig challenges conventional thinking on identity maturity, sharing practical strategies for modernizing governance frameworks and preparing for emerging regulatory, technological, and AI-driven shifts shaping the future of identity.

Mads Peitersen

Director Field Strategist

Mads Peitersen is a Director and Field Strategist at Omada, as well as a seasoned Identity and Access Governance (IGA) solutions architect. With extensive experience designing and implementing IGA solutions, Mads helps organizations connect business needs with practical technology strategies that improve security, compliance, and operational efficiency. He specializes in guiding customers through full-lifecycle IGA projects, access governance, and compliance initiatives. Mads is also a strong advocate for treating identity governance as an organizational program rather than an IT project, with a focus on governing human, non-human, and AI-driven identities. Through customer engagements, events, and industry discussions, he shares practical perspectives on modern identity security, Zero Trust, and the future of access governance.