Webinar: How to Govern AI Agents, Reduce Excessive Access, and Control Shadow AI
Okta webinar says organizations should govern AI agents as identities to limit excessive access and shadow AI.
According to Okta’s Global CISO Insights 2026 report, only 47% of CISOs are confident they can identify every AI agent in their environment. Among those confident about visibility, roughly 80% still worry that excessive access goes unreviewed. Only one in four organizations has a purpose-built AI-agent security framework, and 21% still use shared credentials or broad-permission service accounts. Regional CSO Matt Immler will host a webinar on treating agents as first-class identities and governing shadow AI.
- Only 47% of CISOs confidently identify every AI agent.
- About 80% of those CISOs still fear unreviewed excessive access.
- Just 25% have a purpose-built AI agent security framework.
- 21% rely on shared credentials or broad service accounts.
- Mature identity governance correlates with less shadow AI.
From the original article
2 min read at thehackernews.com
AI agents are moving into production faster than security teams can govern them. They are connecting to apps, handling data, calling APIs, and acting across business systems—often without the same controls applied to human users. According to Okta’s Global CISO Insights 2026 report, only 47% of CISOs are confident they can identify every AI agent in their environment.
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