Agents Aren't People: The Identity Problem Nobody Is Talking About
Human identity frameworks don't map to agents. We need to start from scratch. The first article in the Building the Town series on securing agentic AI systems.
Practitioner-facing writing on securing autonomous agent systems.
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Human identity frameworks don't map to agents. We need to start from scratch. The first article in the Building the Town series on securing agentic AI systems.
If agent identity is assigned, not inherent, then the authority that assigns it is your most critical trust anchor. In a small town, that's the clerk's office.
Access control and data sovereignty are fundamentally different security models. A locked office and a bank vault are not the same thing. Organizations need both.