""AI agents are a powerful new identity type. They can act independently, on their own or on behalf of a user or a team or a company," said McKinnon. "They can access tools, apps or data, they can plan or complete tasks on their own. The pace here of innovation is absolutely stunning. "These AI agents and the potential here, are getting very, very powerful and it's happening very quickly. "Without identity security AI security collapses. AI security is identity security, you can't be successful in one without the other.""
"A study released earlier in 2025 by Okta revealed that although 91% of organisations were already deploying agentic AI in search of productivity gains, but also that just 10% of organisations are today putting any form of cyber governance in place to manage agents - so Okta believes the risk is also rising, and fast. Such risks are no longer theoretical; Okta cited incidents such as the now infamous breach which an AI bot built on the Paradox AI platform and used by fast-food giant McDonalds in its hiring process exposed the personal data of millions of job applicants to hackers who correctly guessed that its password was '123456'."
Okta announced new capabilities in Okta and Auth0 to integrate and secure AI agents and non-human identities as their deployment surges. A 2025 study found 91% of organisations deploy agentic AI for productivity while only 10% enforce cyber governance for agents, creating rapidly growing risk. Real incidents have exposed sensitive applicant data after an AI hiring bot used weak credentials. AI agents can act independently, access tools, apps and data, and execute tasks on behalf of users or organisations, producing many new insider-threat vectors. Identity security is presented as essential to AI security, prompting enhanced governance controls.
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