There are many strong opinions about AI Agent identities. Should AI Agents live in the organization directory right next to humans? Can you securely give AI Agents access to resources without them having a unifying identity context? How do you treat agents which are all identical members of a swarm that would effectively use the same identity? If you’re not sure where you fall in answering these and many more complex questions about AI Agent identity, don’t worry. Neither does your speaker. You will watch as the speaker debates themself. He will be anonymizing hundreds of conversation had with dozens of organizations at the bleeding edge of these issues - both on the vendor side making identity & security solutions for AI Agents as well as organizations at the bleeding edge of deploying these agents in real world situations. By the end, the speaker may be more confused than he started, but you will know why. You will be armed with the pros, cons, and confusions of all the AI Agent identity debates of the day.

Target Audience & Skill Level: Intermediate to advanced. Many basics of both AI Agents in enterprise contexts and IAM knowledge will be assumed. 

What is New/Novel? For those who have been watching AI Agent identity from the sidelines, this will catch them up to the moment on all topics of the debate.

Key Takeaways:

The current challenges of AI Agent identity
How identity standards and protocols apply to AI Agents
Where things like MCP, A2A, and other AI concepts intersect agents & IAM
Why AI Agent identity is neither fully human nor fully non-human
What questions should identity leaders be asking themselves and their organizations to get the best results in AI Agent identity