{"slug": "the-agents-are-here-why-your-iam-strategy-isn-t-built-for-2026", "title": "The Agents Are Here: Why Your IAM Strategy Isn't Built For 2026", "summary": "AI agents are emerging as a new identity class with privileged access, yet organizations continue to govern them as conventional users or service accounts, according to Israel Duanis, a Forbes Councils member. This governance gap poses significant security risks as AI agents become more prevalent in enterprise environments.", "body_md": "# The Agents Are Here: Why Your IAM Strategy Isn't Built For 2026\n\nBy Israel Duanis, Forbes Councils MemberSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)AI agents are becoming a new identity class with privileged access, but organizations are still governing them as if they were conventional users or service accounts.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-agents-are-here-why-your-iam-strategy-isn-t-built-for-2026", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-agents-are-here-why-your-iam-strategy-isnt-built-for-202-zt7w", "published_at": "2026-08-18 10:45:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 12:12:13.113371+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Israel Duanis", "Forbes"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-agents-are-here-why-your-iam-strategy-isn-t-built-for-2026", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-agents-are-here-why-your-iam-strategy-isn-t-built-for-2026.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-agents-are-here-why-your-iam-strategy-isn-t-built-for-2026.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-agents-are-here-why-your-iam-strategy-isn-t-built-for-2026.jsonld"}}