# The Agents Are Here: Why Your IAM Strategy Isn't Built For 2026 > Source: > Published: 2026-08-18 10:45:00+00:00 # The Agents Are Here: Why Your IAM Strategy Isn't Built For 2026 By Israel Duanis, Forbes Councils MemberSource: [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. Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.