At TechXchange, IBM's Dinesh Nirmal tied Vault credentials to watsonx Orchestrate controls for agents built on Amazon, Microsoft and Google platforms.
By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff)
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Primary source: [IBM Newsroom](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-10-27-ibm-introduces-identity-and-control-for-ai-agents,-securing-frontier-intelligence-for-the-enterprise)
Why it matters #
IBM is positioning Vault and watsonx Orchestrate to govern agents built across rival platforms, extending its software portfolio beyond its own agent tools.
IBM is extending HashiCorp Vault to give AI agents governed identities and limit the credentials they use, as it positions watsonx Orchestrate as a control plane for agents built across competing cloud platforms. The announcement, made at IBM's TechXchange conference on October 27th, puts software chief Dinesh Nirmal behind a bet that…
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