Autonomous AI agents are rapidly becoming a new class of enterprise identity. Unlike traditional non-human identities, AI agents can make decisions, invoke tools, access enterprise systems, delegate work to other agents, and act on behalf of users. As organizations deploy agentic AI at scale, existing identity, governance, and security models struggle to answer fundamental questions: Which agents exist? What can they access? Under whose authority are they acting? And how can their decisions be explained after the fact?
This session introduces two emerging capability areas: Agent Visibility and Observability Platforms (AVOP) and Agent Threat Detection and Response (ATDR). The session will also explain how these emerging disciplines complement existing IAM, NHI, ITDR, PAM, and Identity Fabric architectures. Attendees will gain a practical framework for understanding why AI agents represent a fundamentally different identity challenge and what organizations should do today to prepare for the next generation of autonomous digital identities.
