In the agentic era, standing privilege must go: Key thoughts from the SailPoint Navigate keynote

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The keynote opened with an orchestra to illustrate […] The post In the agentic (AI that carries out multi-step tasks rather than answering one question) era, standing privilege must go: Key thoughts from the SailPoint Navigate keynote appeared first on SiliconANGLE . The keynote opened with an orchestra to illustrate the harmony that emerges when discrete components work together.

has been the company that tells enterprises who should have access to what. At Navigate 2026 in Austin this week, it argued that it now needs to be the company that stops the wrong access the moment it happens.

UPDATED 20:06 EDT / OCTOBER 06 2026 SECURITY In the agentic era, standing privilege must go: Key thoughts from the SailPoint Navigate keynote GUEST COLUMN by Zeus Kerravala For most of its two-decade history, SailPoint Inc . When they don’t, the experience is very different.

During his portion of the keynote, Chief Executive Mark McClain (pictured) used this analogy to describe the chaos that ensues when AI agents don’t work together. But this shift is bigger than the keynote’s orchestra analogy suggested. Governance has always run on a calendar: quarterly certifications, annual audits and reviews that arrive weeks after the fact.