Haider Iqbal — Director, Identity & Access Management, Thales
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One of the things that we recommend to large organizations is when they’re thinking about going passwordless to get rid of all the problems that we just described, they end up thinking in a very myopic sense to just focus on either their employees or their consumers… If you’re building a good user experience of getting rid of passwords for your workforce and for your consumers, why not do it for your partners and suppliers as well? Take a holistic approach to looking at getting rid of passwords.
What does Haider Iqbal say on The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström?
Haider Iqbal, Director, Identity & Access Management, Thales, says: In this interview Haider Iqbal, Director of Identity & Access Management at Thales, explains how partner onboarding friction undermines agility and digital trust. He recommends a holistic identity strategy—extending passwordless authentication and delegated access controls to partners—and warns that unmanaged lingering access and the rise of agentic AI make visibility and granular access management essential for security and operational speed across extended ecosystems.
From: The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström
Cite as: Haider Iqbal. (2026). On The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström. Retrieved from https://research.agilebrandguide.com/insights/haider-iqbal-one-of-the-things-that-we-recommend-to-large-organizations-i