Science & Tech · Cybersecurity · 4 hrs ago

AI agents push identity security to the forefront for companies

Companies are using thousands of AI agents, and securing their access to systems has become a major priority.

Some agents may gain access they were not meant to have or look for another way in when blocked.

This makes it important to know which person or agent is accessing each system and whether its actions are allowed.

Traditional security methods are not enough to manage these machine identities in real time.

Companies are being urged to give agents access only when needed, assign a human owner to each one, and apply controls beyond the agent itself.

The aim is to move from simply finding agents to correcting access risks quickly and enforcing clear rules.

Machine identities now greatly outnumber human identities, adding to the challenge.

The sources do not specify a timeline for these changes.

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SC Media · 4 hrs ago