AI agents need identity before gateway

The article marks a turning point in enterprise AI: from systems that merely answer questions to autonomous agents that act. This shift is significant because agents do not follow predefined logic; they determine their own steps, making them more powerful but also harder to secure. The security industry has concentrated on threats like prompt injection and data leakage, but the article argues these are insufficient once an agent is authenticated and operating. The missing piece, it suggests, is giving agents their own identity—a prerequisite for controlling what they do. Without such identity, a gateway would be ineffective, as agents could act beyond oversight. The implication is that identity management for non-human actors will become a cornerstone of enterprise security, though the article does not specify how firms should implement it.