AI Agents Are Forcing a Long-Overdue Rethink of Identity Management 

The report argues that the proliferation of AI agents and non-human identities requires a fundamental rethink of identity management: organizations must adopt short-lived credentials, automated key rotation, just-in-time access, stronger secrets management, and clear ownership for service accounts and agents, while maintaining core security practices like patching, EDR, logging, and MFA to reduce friction and risk as AI is adopted at scale.