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Summaries are not the original full articles. ## Most companies count AI agents as insiders, and CISOs worry about their own liability DevFeed: [Most companies count AI agents as insiders, and CISOs worry about their own liability]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Anamarija Pogorelec Published: 2026-10-14T04:30:05Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Help Net Security]() Topics: [shadow AI](), [LLM security](), [Agentic SOC]() Tags: [agentic-ai](), [agentic-soc](), [ai](), [ciso](), [credentials](), [don-t-miss](), [insider-threat](), [liability](), [machine-identities](), [news](), [report](), [security](), [survey](), [trellix]() ### AI overview A survey of 600 CISOs found that AI agents or other autonomous systems were linked to insider incidents at 95% of surveyed companies in the past year. The article discusses detection and response delays, gaps in visibility and policy, limits on monitoring, and CISOs' concerns about accountability and liability as agents use delegated credentials. ### Source excerpt Software that works on an employee's behalf is now turning up in incident reports. At 95% of the companies in a Trellix survey of 600 CISOs, an AI agent or other autonomous system was linked to an insider incident in the past 12 months. The agent logs in, reaches sensitive systems, and acts for a person using that person's permissions. Most respondents already count it that way: 78% include AI agents and machine identities in ... More -> The post Most companies count AI agents as insiders, and CISOs worry about their own liability appeared first on Help Net Security. ## 18 insights from SailPoint's Navigate event: Enterprises race to bring identity security for AI agents up to machine speed DevFeed: [18 insights from SailPoint's Navigate event: Enterprises race to bring identity security for AI agents up to machine speed]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Jonathan Anthony Published: 2026-10-09T13:31:55Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [SiliconANGLE]() Topics: [Security, Identity, & Compliance](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [Zero Trust](), [Local AI]() Tags: [adaptive-identity](), [agentcore](), [agentic-ai](), [ai](), [ai-agents](), [aligned-intelligence-advisory](), [amazon-bedrock-agentcore](), [amazon-web-services](), [amazon-web-services-inc](), [aws-bedrock-agentcore](), [chandra-gnanasambandam](), [chris-gossett](), [cole-grolmus](), [cube-event-coverage](), [cybersecurity](), [entro-security-ltd](), [grolmus-group](), [honeywell-technologies](), [identity](), [identity-governance](), [identity-security](), [itzik-alvas](), [jaishree-subramania](), [jakob-houde](), [jeff-hickman](), [karen-leavitt](), [levent-bisek](), [lineage-map](), [lonestar-advisory](), [lori-robinson](), [machine-identities](), [madhu-parthasarathy](), [mark-mcclain](), [news](), [sailpoint](), [sailpointnavigate](), [security](), [security-for-ai](), [thecube]() ### AI overview Coverage of SailPoint's Navigate event highlights enterprise efforts to secure AI agents through identity governance. Speakers emphasize discovering machine identities, assigning accountable owners, limiting standing privileges, and enforcing access policies at runtime. The article also discusses AWS AgentCore, SailPoint's Entro acquisition, and the challenges of auditing agent behavior. ### Source excerpt AI agents have made identity the front line of enterprise security. Agents now number in the thousands. They pick up access nobody meant to give them, and when they're blocked partway through a task, they look for another way in. That has turned identity security for AI agents into a board-level priority rather than a [...] The post 18 insights from SailPoint's Navigate event: Enterprises race to bring identity security for AI agents up to machine speed appeared first on SiliconANGLE. ## What to expect at SailPoint's Navigate event: Join theCUBE Oct. 6-7 DevFeed: [What to expect at SailPoint's Navigate event: Join theCUBE Oct. 6-7]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Cheryl Knight Published: 2026-10-04T16:27:36Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [SiliconANGLE]() Topics: [identity and access management](), [least privilege](), [Agentic AI]() Tags: [adaptive-identity](), [agent-security](), [agentic](), [agentic-ai](), [ai-agents](), [cube-event-coverage](), [cybersecurity](), [identity-governance](), [identity-security](), [machine-identities](), [nasdaq-sail](), [navigate-2026](), [news](), [non-human-identities](), [privileged-access](), [sailpoint](), [sailpointnavigate](), [sailpointnavigate26eventpage](), [security](), [the-latest](), [thecube](), [zero-standing-privilege]() ### AI overview The article previews the SailPoint Navigate event and examines how AI agents complicate enterprise identity governance. It discusses discovering agents, assigning accountable owners, applying least-privilege access, and coordinating identity platforms with runtime, application, data, and security systems. ### Source excerpt Agentic AI is changing the identity security equation. Enterprises are no longer governing access only for employees and traditional machine identities. AI agents can act on behalf of people, interact with applications and data, acquire permissions and execute work at machine speed. That raises a more complicated question: How does an organization determine who or [...] The post What to expect at SailPoint's Navigate event: Join theCUBE Oct. 6-7 appeared first on SiliconANGLE. ## In the AI era, identity evolves into the control plane for trust DevFeed: [In the AI era, identity evolves into the control plane for trust]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Zeus Kerravala Published: 2026-09-29T22:27:15Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [SiliconANGLE]() Topics: [ai security](), [identity and access management](), [Zero Trust](), [AI Infrastructure]() Tags: [agent](), [agent-identities](), [agent-security](), [agentic-ai](), [ai](), [ai-agent](), [ai-control-plane](), [ai-safety](), [ai-security](), [artificial-intelligence](), [cyber](), [cybersecurity](), [identity](), [identity-security](), [least-privilege](), [machine-identities](), [news](), [sailpoint](), [sailpoint-navigate](), [security](), [the-latest]() ### AI overview The article argues that identity is becoming a central control point for securing AI agents. It cites reported growth in machine and AI agent identities, gaps in least-privilege access and agent risk management, and a proof of concept that found more than 10,000 previously unknown agents at a Fortune 500 company. It also notes that AI use on mobile devices can evade IT visibility. ### Source excerpt Every major security shift ultimately comes down to one question: Who or what is allowed to do this? For most of the past two decades, the answer was a person with a username and password. In the artificial intelligence era, the answer increasingly is an agent, and most organizations have no idea how many agents [...] The post In the AI era, identity evolves into the control plane for trust appeared first on SiliconANGLE. ## AI agent identity security demands layered defenses, Omdia says DevFeed: [AI agent identity security demands layered defenses, Omdia says]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Sloane Kali Faye Published: 2026-09-29T03:17:21Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [SiliconANGLE]() Topics: [Security, Identity, & Compliance](), [AI Agent](), [Security](), [okta](), [identity and access management](), [Android Security](), [grab agent platform]() Tags: [agent-gateway](), [ai](), [ai-agent-identity-security](), [ai-security](), [amazon-web-services](), [authentication](), [authorization](), [blueprint-alliance](), [crowdstrike](), [cube-event-coverage](), [data-security](), [defense-in-depth](), [identity](), [identity-security](), [informa-techtarget-inc](), [krista-case](), [machine-identities](), [microsoft](), [nasdaq-ttgt](), [news](), [okta-inc](), [oktane](), [oktane-2026](), [oktane2026eventpage](), [omdia](), [palo-alto-networks](), [rebecca-knight](), [security](), [thecube](), [todd-thiemann](), [workforce-identity](), [zero-trust]() ### AI overview AI agent identity security presents a coordination challenge as enterprises decide which platforms and controls should protect machine identities. An Omdia survey found confusion about where attacks may originate and which security layers should respond. Okta's gateway and Blueprint Alliance define some authentication, authorization and visibility capabilities, while data security and other risks may call for controls from multiple providers. The article argues that enterprises will need to coordinate policies across layers. ### Source excerpt AI agent identity security is testing whether consolidated platforms can protect a growing class of machine identities. Palo Alto Networks Inc.'s acquisition of CyberArk Software Ltd. reflects broader consolidation in the identity security market. Okta Inc. recently added an AI agent runtime gateway and formed the Blueprint Alliance with Amazon Web Services Inc. and CrowdStrike [...] The post AI agent identity security demands layered defenses, Omdia says appeared first on SiliconANGLE. ## The PGA of America limits AI sprawl with a streamlined identity architecture DevFeed: [The PGA of America limits AI sprawl with a streamlined identity architecture]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Chad Wilson Published: 2026-09-24T20:53:27Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [SiliconANGLE]() Topics: [Security](), [okta](), [Auth0](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [Model Context Protocol](), [systems]() Tags: [access-management](), [agent-security](), [agentic-ai](), [ai](), [ai-agents](), [ai-governance](), [ai-security](), [auth0](), [authentication](), [authorization](), [autonomous-agents](), [cloud-security](), [cube-event-coverage](), [customer-identity](), [cybersecurity](), [enterprise](), [iam](), [identity](), [identity-and-access-management](), [identity-architecture](), [identity-governance](), [identity-security](), [identity-threat-protection](), [infrastructure](), [kevin-scott](), [least-privilege-access](), [machine-identities](), [mcp](), [news](), [nonhuman-identities](), [okta](), [oktane](), [oktane-2026](), [pga-of-america](), [security](), [thecube](), [workforce-identity](), [zero-trust]() ### AI overview SiliconANGLE reports on how the PGA of America simplified its identity architecture by removing infrastructure layers and relying on Okta and Auth0. The organization is also centralizing AI use and applying identity controls to AI agents, MCP, and agent gateways. ### Source excerpt Identity security becomes more important when AI agents start acting across enterprise systems. That challenge can be especially acute for smaller technology teams that cannot dedicate large teams to infrastructure, security and identity management. The Professional Golfers' Association of America has deliberately reduced much of that complexity while relying heavily on Okta and Auth0. That [...] The post The PGA of America limits AI sprawl with a streamlined identity architecture appeared first on SiliconANGLE. ## AI agents creating a new insider security risk: theCUBE's Oktane keynote analysis DevFeed: [AI agents creating a new insider security risk: theCUBE's Oktane keynote analysis]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Chad Wilson Published: 2026-09-24T17:25:56Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [SiliconANGLE]() Topics: [AI Agent](), [Security](), [Risk](), [Authorization](), [permission](), [Artificial Intelligence]() Tags: [access-control](), [access-management](), [agent-identity](), [agent-security](), [agentic-ai](), [ai-agent-security](), [ai-agents](), [ai-governance](), [ai-security](), [authentication](), [authorization](), [cloud-security](), [cube-event-coverage](), [customer-identity](), [cybersecurity](), [iam](), [identity-and-access-management](), [identity-governance](), [identity-security](), [identity-threat-protection](), [least-privilege-access](), [machine-identities](), [news](), [nonhuman-identities](), [okta](), [oktane](), [oktane-2026](), [permission](), [risk](), [runtime-controls](), [security](), [the-latest](), [thecube](), [video-exclusive](), [workforce-identity](), [zero-trust]() ### AI overview The article examines how AI agents create a new insider security risk when they can act across applications, delegate work, and change systems faster than security teams can review. It discusses Okta's approach to discovering agents, defining their authorization, observing runtime actions, and responding to harm, while emphasizing recovery of downstream changes and human ownership of agent permissions. ### Source excerpt AI agent security now depends on knowing what agents can do after they gain access. Agents can act across applications, pass work to other agents and make changes faster than security teams can review them. That makes visibility and permission limits necessary, but it also raises a harder question: How does a company recover from [...] The post AI agents creating a new insider security risk: theCUBE's Oktane keynote analysis appeared first on SiliconANGLE. ## What to expect during Okta's Oktane event: Join theCUBE Sept. 24 DevFeed: [What to expect during Okta's Oktane event: Join theCUBE Sept. 24]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Chad Wilson Published: 2026-09-22T14:08:25Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [SiliconANGLE]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [Security](), [Authorization](), [least privilege](), [Authentication](), [okta]() Tags: [access-management](), [agentic-ai](), [ai-agents](), [ai-security](), [authentication](), [authorization](), [cloud-security](), [cube-event-coverage](), [customer-identity](), [cybersecurity](), [event](), [iam](), [identity](), [identity-and-access-management](), [identity-governance](), [identity-security](), [identity-threat-protection](), [least-privilege-access](), [machine-identities](), [news](), [nonhuman-identities](), [okta](), [oktane](), [oktane-2026](), [oktane26eventpage](), [security](), [the-latest](), [thecube](), [this-field-is-for-premium-subscribers-only-okta](), [workforce-identity](), [zero-trust](), [zero-trust-security]() ### AI overview The article previews an Okta Oktane event discussion about governing AI agents as nonhuman identities. It highlights identity, authentication, authorization, least-privilege access, lifecycle governance, and accountability for agents acting across enterprise systems. ### Source excerpt Identity security now determines how safely artificial intelligence agents can access systems and act across enterprise workflows. As AI agents log in to applications and execute tasks, companies must treat them as governed identities rather than ordinary software tools. Okta's strategy reflects this shift by extending established controls for human users to nonhuman identities. The [...] The post What to expect during Okta's Oktane event: Join theCUBE Sept. 24 appeared first on SiliconANGLE. ## Defaulting on tech debt: When the bill comes due, AI is the collector DevFeed: [Defaulting on tech debt: When the bill comes due, AI is the collector]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Lydia Graslie Published: 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Sysdig]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [Cybersecurity](), [Tech Debt](), [ai-assisted attacks](), [AI Agent]() Tags: [agentic-ai](), [agentic-ai-adoption](), [agentic-ai-security](), [agentic-ransomware](), [agentic-threat-actors](), [ai](), [ai-assisted-attacks](), [ai-attack-surface](), [ai-enabled-attacks](), [ai-governance](), [ai-incident-response](), [cloud-infrastructure-risk](), [cloud-native-security](), [cloud-security-debt](), [cnapp](), [cybersecurity](), [cybersecurity-workforce](), [jadepuffer](), [machine-identities](), [mitre-atlas](), [non-human-identities](), [prompt-injection](), [ransomware](), [runtime-security](), [security](), [security-debt](), [soc-skills-gap](), [sysdig-threat-research-team](), [tech-debt](), [technical-debt]() ### AI overview The article argues that AI is intensifying organizations' existing technical debt by making it easier for threat actors to exploit weaknesses in code, infrastructure, oversight, staffing, and AI attack surfaces. It urges security teams to address these debts deliberately as agentic and AI-assisted attacks increase. ### Source excerpt AI and agentic threats make it easier for threat actors to exploit organizations' technical debt. It's time for security teams to address that debt.