A primer on Identity Security for Agentic AI
Tue Aug 19 2025
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Today's explores the impact of agentic AI on security landscapes, particularly concerning identity management. It begins by defining AI agents as digital workers that independently pursue goals, outlining their components like perception, reasoning, and learning, and their multi-layered infrastructure. The discussion then transitions to the new attack surfaces introduced by AI agents, such as identity spoofing, privilege creep, and prompt injection, highlighting how agents’ dynamic and ephemeral nature poses unique security challenges. I have critically examined the limitations of current human-centric identity solutions like OAuth and SAML in accommodating machine identities, advocating for a machine-first approach in identity security. Finally, the episode details how the industry is evolving to address these shortfalls through zero trust for agents, policy as code, and enhanced auditability, citing examples from major cloud providers and dedicated identity management companies.
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Send us a text Today's explores the impact of agentic AI on security landscapes, particularly concerning identity management. It begins by defining AI agents as digital workers that independently pursue goals, outlining their components like perception, reasoning, and learning, and their multi-layered infrastructure. The discussion then transitions to the new attack surfaces introduced by AI agents, such as identity spoofing, privilege creep, and prompt injection, highlighting how agents’ dynamic and ephemeral nature poses unique security challenges. I have critically examined the limitations of current human-centric identity solutions like OAuth and SAML in accommodating machine identities, advocating for a machine-first approach in identity security. Finally, the episode details how the industry is evolving to address these shortfalls through zero trust for agents, policy as code, and enhanced auditability, citing examples from major cloud providers and dedicated identity management companies. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thecyberman/ Substack: https://thecyberman.substack.com/ Support the show Google Drive link for Podcast content: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10vmcQ-oqqFDPojywrfYousPcqhvisnko My Profile on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashantmishra11/ Youtube Channnel : https://www.youtube.com/@TheCybermanShow Twitter handle https://twitter.com/prashant_cyber PS: The views are my own and dont reflect any views from my employer.