AI Agents as Enterprise Identities: The Security Governance Gap
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BleepingComputer
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AI agents are increasingly being deployed as enterprise identities with access to critical systems like Salesforce, Snowflake, GitHub, Jira, and cloud environments, yet most organizations lack proper visibility, governance, and lifecycle management for these non-human identities. Security teams need to continuously monitor agent inventory, intent, and permissions to prevent overprivilege, data exposure, and hidden attack vectors.
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Security teams must manage their lifecycle, inventory, intent, and permissions continuously to prevent overprivilege, data exposure, and hidden attacks.
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