CyberArk Strengthens Identity Security for AI Agents with Accenture’s AI Refinery
Companies team to empower organizations to securely leverage AI agents
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As AI agents and agentic architectures become widely adopted in production environments, their growth poses new and complex identity-centric cybersecurity challenges. AI agents will need to be authenticated to critical systems, they will need strict access controls and they must be restricted only to performing their intended functions. At scale, enterprises may need to manage the lifecycle, access and associated keys and certificates for millions of machine identities, requiring comprehensive identity-centric visibility, control and safeguards.
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“AI agents have the potential to gain privileged access to systems and processes, so they require the same level of identity security controls as human and machine identities,” said
Organizations must prepare for the integration of AI agents into their workforces and marketplaces, ensuring they receive the same level of security considerations and controls as human employees. This preparation is critical considering that according to Accenture’s Technology Vision 2025 report, 77% of executives think AI agents will reinvent how their organizations build digital systems.
“AI agents operate autonomously, presenting unique identity security challenges. Ensuring secure authentication, credentialing and authorization is crucial for their safe operation both within and outside of organizations,” said
Delivering Identity Security for Scalable AI Agent Adoption
- Visibility and control: Implementing tools to help enterprises have comprehensive oversight of AI agent activities, including quick identification of risks or anomalies.
- Least privilege and just-in-time access: Enforcing Zero Trust security principles to limit AI agent access only to what is necessary, reducing potential attack surfaces.
- Secure authentication: Establishing robust mechanisms to verify and authenticate AI agents to enterprise systems and other agents, providing seamless yet secure operations.
- Protection against manipulation: Safeguarding AI agents from internal and external threats that could expose sensitive data or disrupt operations.
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