Palanivel Manoharan, CISSP, CCSP, SMIEEE, is an enterprise Identity security Leader specializing in Zero Trust architecture, Policy-Based Access Control, and runtime governance for autonomous systems.
Palanivel Manoharan, MBA, CISSP, CCSP, CC, SMIEEE, is an enterprise cybersecurity architect and subject matter expert with over 16 years of hands-on experience directing Identity and Access Management (IAM), Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC), and Zero Trust security architectures across complex multi-cloud environments. An elevated IEEE Senior Member—a distinction held by fewer than 10% of IEEE’s global membership—he currently conducts graduate cybersecurity research at the Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering at the University of West Florida, focusing on dynamic runtime authorization, Non-Human Identity (NHI) lifecycle governance, and security controls for autonomous Agentic AI frameworks. Palanivel is an active technical author and speaker whose research spans runtime priv...