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Gartner® named AI agent trust gap a Top Strategic Technology Trend for 2027

Enterprises are switching on autonomous AI agents faster than they can secure them. Each one is a new identity with credentials, access and the power to act on its own at machine speed. A new Gartner® report names AI agent identity one of its Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2027, and the headline finding is hard to look away from: “By 2028, 25% of enterprise breaches will trace back to AI agent abuse.”

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The question changed. Can your stack answer it?

For years, identity meant one human, one login, one set of permissions. But machine identities already outnumber human identities by 109 to 1, and an AI agent can hold many contexts at once, act on behalf of several parties, and spin up or discard access in seconds. As the report puts it, “AI agent identity addresses a critical accountability trust gap in legacy security stacks.” This complimentary report explains why human-centric identity and access management can’t keep up, and what a dynamic, composite identity model actually requires.

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Get the full report on:

  • Why static credentials and human-centric IAM collapse under autonomous, high-speed agents
  • What a composite identity model correlates at runtime: roles, purpose, intent and behavior
  • Why, through 2028, “over 50% of enterprise AI initiatives will halt due to unresolved agentic identity challenges” and the controls that prevent it
  • The Sample Vendors Gartner identifies with early AI agent identity capabilities

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Digital trust isn’t optional—it’s essential

Take the first step toward a safer, more secure future for your business.