New Gartner® Report: Secure AI Agents With Identity Governance Foundation
Implementing AI agents without unique identities exposes enterprises to access risks and security compromises. Cybersecurity leaders must establish authoritative identities for AI agents as software workloads in order to safely scale AI automation and securely enable agentic initiatives. Identity-based controls are the foundational control plane for organizations seeking to securely enable agentic AI.
Key takeaways from the report:
Why traditional identity and access approaches won't scale nor securely enable AI agents
Why AI agents need unique, authoritative identities
What an AI agent identity registry must capture
How to improve AI agent identity and access controls
How to mandate accountability across the AI agent life cycle
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Gartner, Secure AI Agents With Identity Governance Foundation, Zachary Smith, Paul Rabinovich, Nathan Harris, 17 September 2026.
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