Secrets are everywhere. AWS Secrets Manager. Azure Key Vault. HashiCorp Vault. GCP Secret Manager. Maybe a few places you don't even know about yet. With 82 machine identities for every human identity and machine identities now the #1 driver of identity growth, the old ways of managing secrets can't keep up.
And 2026 is bringing new pressure: TLS certificate validity dropping to 47 days, AI agents creating machine identities faster than ever, and regulators explicitly requiring machine identity governance.
In this session, Joe Garcia walks through how CyberArk helps you see, control, and modernize your secrets management across every cloud and on-prem environment. You'll learn how Discovery & Context provides visibility into secrets you didn't know existed, how Secrets Hub gives you centralized control while letting developers use the tools they love (including the newly GA HashiCorp Vault sync), and how Secrets Manager SaaS enables dynamic secrets and modern authenticators.
But here's the real insight: the best secret in 2026 is one that never existed. We'll explore how Secure Workload Access and SPIFFE-based workload identity let you move beyond secrets entirely, replacing static credentials with cryptographic identity.
Whether you're just starting to consolidate vaults or ready to eliminate secrets altogether, you'll leave with a practical maturity model and clear next steps for your organization.
