Akeyless has unveiled its groundbreaking AI Agent Identity Security solution, designed to address the growing security challenges that come with the rapid expansion of autonomous AI systems. As a global leader in secrets management and machine identity security, Akeyless already safeguards over 220 billion machine identity interactions achieving an impressive 560% year-over-year average growth over the last four years. Now, the company is extending this expertise to help enterprises secure and manage the digital identities of AI agents effectively.
Rising Need for AI Agent Identity Security
More than 95% of organizations plan to adopt AI agents within the next year, which will inevitably create a surge in digital identities across enterprise systems. Each of these identities holds access, privileges, and autonomy, posing significant cybersecurity risks if not managed properly. Recent studies have revealed hundreds of secrets and access tokens accidentally exposed in public AI extension packages. Moreover, investigations show how easily attackers can manipulate ChatGPT connectors using malicious prompts to retrieve API keys and sensitive data.
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“AI Agent identity security is a top cybersecurity concern,” said former NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers. “AI Agents have an inherent design flaw in that they are aware of their own identities and credentials. When combined with their growing authorization to vast amounts of data across many workload environments, we get a constantly expanding attack surface.”
Akeyless Introduces a “Secretless” Security Model
To counter these vulnerabilities, Akeyless introduced its innovative SecretlessAI model, which eliminates the need for embedded secrets by enabling just-in-time, identity-based authentication. This ensures secure, temporary access while preventing credential leaks and unauthorized data access. Building upon this, the company launched a comprehensive AI Agent Security framework to offer dynamic, verifiable, and completely secretless identity protection.
The new Akeyless AI Agent Identity Provider (IdP) allows AI agents to authenticate seamlessly across multiple clouds and on-premise systems using short-lived digital identities. With integrations spanning AWS, GCP, Azure, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, and Grok, Akeyless replaces static API keys with dynamic credentials. Developers can also benefit from IDE plugins for VS Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot, ensuring security is embedded directly into their workflows.
In addition, the Akeyless AI Agent Privileged Access Management (PAM) system introduces Zero Trust and least-privilege principles for autonomous AI operations. It continuously monitors AI agent behavior, mitigating risks before potential misuse occurs.
Enhancing Visibility with AI Insights
The company also debuted Akeyless AI Insights, an intelligent assistant that enables teams to manage identity security through natural-language queries, real-time reporting, and automated risk detection. By offering visibility across machines, human users, and AI agents, AI Insights streamlines vulnerability management and strengthens overall governance.
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“We are just scratching the surface of AI Agent adoption. There is no question about the fact that if unaddressed, AI Agents will be the leading cause of enterprise breaches,” said Oded Hareven, CEO of Akeyless. “With the new AI Agent Identity security model and capabilities we announced today, enterprises can scale AI agents safely, without exposing their secrets, and operate with the agility modern environments demand.”
Unified Identity Security for the AI Era
With the addition of AI Agent Security and AI Insights, Akeyless now offers a unified Identity Security Platform that protects machines, AI agents, and human identities under a single, zero-knowledge infrastructure. Powered by its patented Distributed Fragments Cryptography (DFC) and quantum-safe encryption, the platform ensures consistent control, enhanced visibility, and reduced complexity across organizations.
Akeyless will highlight its innovations in the upcoming web series “Identity Security – Unleashed for the AI Era,” beginning November 6, 2025. The series will include live product demos and expert discussions on securing non-human identities and building trust-driven AI ecosystems.
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