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Enterprises must rethink IAM as AI agents outnumber humans 10 to 1


Identity is the essential control plane for agentic AI security, redefining enterprise defenses amid rising credential-based breaches.

“When an AI agent suddenly accesses systems outside its established pattern, we treat it identically to a compromised employee credential,” Adam Meyers, head of counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, told VentureBeat. Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry identified the core vulnerability at Zenith Live 2025: “Network protocols were designed to allow trusted devices to communicate freely. Daren Goeson, SVP of product management at Ivanti, emphasizes: “AI-powered endpoint security tools can analyze vast amounts of data to detect anomalies and predict potential threats faster and more accurately than any human analyst.

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