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Akif Khan
VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Authentication
- AI Challenges and Opportunities
- Customer IAM (CIAM)
- Identity Verification
- Access Management (AM)
- Agentic AI
Speaker Bio
Akif Khan, Ph.D, is a VP Analyst within Gartner Research focused on:
(1) Identity verification in digital channels: how do you gain sufficient confidence in the identity of a user?;
(2) Deepfake detection: how do you detect the use of deepfakes across a range of cybersecurity use cases?
(3) Preventing account takeover (ATO): how do you detect and stop attackers accessing a victim's account?;
(4) Bot/agent management: how do you manage bots and AI agents on customer-facing interfaces?;
(5) Protecting organizations against attackers using AI (e.g. use of frontier models such as Mythos)
(6) Implementing IAM controls to enable secure use of AI agents.
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(1) Identity verification in digital channels: how do you gain sufficient confidence in the identity of a user?;
(2) Deepfake detection: how do you detect the use of deepfakes across a range of cybersecurity use cases?
(3) Preventing account takeover (ATO): how do you detect and stop attackers accessing a victim's account?;
(4) Bot/agent management: how do you manage bots and AI agents on customer-facing interfaces?;
(5) Protecting organizations against attackers using AI (e.g. use of frontier models such as Mythos)
(6) Implementing IAM controls to enable secure use of AI agents.
Sessions
Monday, December 07, 2026 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM PST
Ask the Analyst: How Do I Defend My Business Against Deepfakes?
Akif Khan,
VP Analyst, Gartner
In this session you can ask a Gartner expert about specific challenges that your business may be having with deepfakes — from attacks on biometric identity verification, to attackers calling your contact center and impersonating customers, to attackers calling your employees and pretending to be executives.
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Monday, December 07, 2026 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM PST
Ask the Analyst: How Do I Protect Hiring Processes From Identity Impersonation?
Akif Khan,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Many orgs are concerned after reports of North Korean threat actors impersonating their way into remote IT roles. This session will give an opportunity for you to ask how to mitigate risk in your particular hiring processes.
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Tuesday, December 08, 2026 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM PST
Defending Against Deepfake Identity Impersonation Attacks
Akif Khan,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Attackers are increasingly using deepfakes to try and defeat automated voice biometrics and identity verification processes. Additionally, IAM and security leaders are dealing with deepfake-augmented social engineering, such as attackers impersonating company executives to request money transfers from employees. Join this session to learn about the current state of the art in deepfake detection and approaches to mitigation.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PST
IAM for AI Agents in a CIAM Context
Akif Khan,
VP Analyst, Gartner
As customers start to use AI agents to interact with their service providers, and agentic commerce gains traction, organizations will need to manage AI agents in a CIAM context.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2026 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM PST
How to Protect Your IT Service Desk From Social Engineering Attacks
Akif Khan,
VP Analyst, Gartner
The service desk is the Achilles heel of most organizations, with attackers like Scattered Spider targeting it to take advantage of poor IAM workflows and weak account recovery processes. This session will focus on strengthening your defenses.
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