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The cybersecurity industry is rushing to confront a new identity crisis — not for people, but for AI agents that act autonomously and now need to be managed like employees.
Why it matters: Without proper guardrails, agents could, at the very least, cause incidental data breaches, misuse login credentials, and leak sensitive information.
The big picture: Just as companies start to embrace AI agents for critical tasks, security vendors are scrambling to build guardrails around them, warning that every agent must have a credentialed identity — or it risks undermining trust, compliance and control.
