Talk at Heise IT Summit 2025: Regaining digital sovereignty using the example of digital identities

Conference Talk at IT Summit by Heise 2025, togther with Alexander Schwarz Regaining digital sovereignty using the example of digital identities Digital identities are the key to digital sovereignty. Those who manage identities control access, data flows, and ultimately the rules of the game in the digital space. Using cloud services based in the USA, such as Entra ID or Okta, creates dependencies and risks for users and providers. Digital identities consolidate a variety of information about a person....

November 12, 2025 · 1 min · Dennis Kniep

Talk at MCTTP 2025: Secure your Identity

Conference Talk at MCTTP 2025 Topic: Secure your Identity In today’s digital landscape, robust identity management is crucial for ensuring security and efficiency for companies. In this session the journey of a DAX30 company will be shared how the identity space was changed to address modern threats and risks. For large multinationals with a legacy history this becomes a real challenge. We will share some insights of a comprehensive architecture and technology stack that is detached from common SaaS IDPs and vendor agnostic....

September 19, 2025 · 1 min · Dennis Kniep

Talk at Rethink!IAM 2025: IAM as First Line of Defense

Conference Talk at Rethink!IAM 2025 IAM as First Line of Defense All-in on Passkeys - Allow Passkeys exclusively for all users – with no fallback to Password, SMS, Call or App Passkey Challenges – Recovery, Multi-IdPs, Apps on iOS/Android, NFC, etc. Control over Trust – Identities, Credentials & Authentications Identity Data Lake – All Data for automation

March 24, 2025 · 1 min · Dennis Kniep, Andreas Pellengahr

Talk at Inside IAM 2025: How to go all-in on Passkeys

Conference Talk at Inside IAM 2025 How to go all-in on Passkeys How do you allow Passkeys exclusively for all users – with no fallback to Password, SMS, Call or App? How do you ensure a secure registration and recovery? How do you enable legacy applications which are only capable of basic authentication? In short: How do you go passwordless everywhere without fallback? We will share insights of the next steps towards an identity-centric zero-trust environment....

March 20, 2025 · 1 min · Dennis Kniep, Andreas Pellengahr

Talk at Authenticate 2023: How to Go Passwordless Without Fallback

Conference Talk at Authenticate Conference 2023: How to Go Passwordless Without Fallback. You can see the recording here

October 18, 2023 · 1 min · Dennis Kniep, Andreas Pellengahr

Talk at EIC 2023: Enforce a faster sign-in

Conference Talk at European Identity and Cloud Conference 2023: Enforce a faster sign-in with Biometrics and Pin – even for legacy apps of a DAX company. You can see the recording here

May 11, 2023 · 1 min · Dennis Kniep, Andreas Pellengahr

Talk at Authenticate 2022: Journey to Implement FIDO

Conference Talk at Authenticate Conference 2022: Our journey to implement FIDO in a global science & technology company. You can see the recording here

October 19, 2022 · 1 min · Dennis Kniep, Andreas Pellengahr

Keynote at Authenticate Virtual Summit: Modernizing Healthcare with Strong Authentication

Keynote at Authenticate Virtual Summit: Modernizing Healthcare with Strong Authentication: Moving Beyond Passwords. You can see the recording here

June 16, 2022 · 1 min · Dennis Kniep, Andreas Pellengahr