18 insights from SailPoint’s Navigate event: Enterprises race to bring identity security for AI agents up to machine speed

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They pick up access nobody meant to give them, and when they’re blocked partway through a task, they look for another way in. That has turned identity security for AI agents into a board-level priority rather than a […] The post 18 insights from SailPoint’s Navigate event: Enterprises race to bring identity security for AI agents up to machine speed appeared first on SiliconANGLE .

UPDATED 09:31 EDT / OCTOBER 09 2026 AI 18 insights from SailPoint’s Navigate event: Enterprises race to bring identity security for AI agents up to machine speed by Jonathan Anthony AI agents have made identity the front line of enterprise security. That has turned identity security for AI agents into a board-level priority rather than a future project.

AI agents have made identity the front line of enterprise security. The focus has moved from finding agents to acting on what discovery turns up.

The next phase will be about remediation at machine speed: just-in-time access instead of standing privilege, a named human owner for every agent and enforcement that sits outside the agent itself. said Mark McClain (pictured), founder and chief executive officer of SailPoint Technologies Inc.

(* Disclosure below.) Here are 18 standout insights from the event: 1. Orchestrating human and AI agents demands real context and effective identity, not just big claims.