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Category: Industry Insights

MCP Security Introduction

What is MCP Security? Risks, Mitigations, and Best Practices

The Model Context Protocol (MCP), developed by Anthropic, standardizes how AI agents interact with external tools and data.
Dan Kaplan
Dan Kaplan
Aug 2026
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6 min read
A Human’s Guide to Non-Human Identities and How to Secure Them image

A Complete Technical Guide to Non-Human Identity Management

As apps and service accounts proliferate, robust management is key to maintaining automated, scalable, and resilient IT environments.
Dan Kaplan
Dan Kaplan
Aug 2026
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9 min read
A team of engineers reviews an AI agent authorization flow on a conference room display.

How AAuth Brings Human Approval Into AI Agent Authorization

A new protocol proposes a clearer way to connect agent identity, delegated authority and human approval for sensitive actions.
Víctor Jiménez
Víctor Jiménez
Aug 2026
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13 min read
10 Agentic Identity Security Vendors

Ranking the Top 10 AI Agent Identity Security Vendors for 2026

Compare 10 identity security vendors for AI agents, including where each fits and what buyers should examine before choosing.
Dan Kaplan
Dan Kaplan
Jul 2026
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8 min read
Abstract geometric illustration of a blue square representing an AI agent connected within a network of white rectangular workloads.

Squares and Rectangles: Why AI Agents Can’t Be Treated Like Regular Workloads

AI agents are workloads, but traditional workload identity alone can miss the user, task, and runtime context needed to govern dynamic agent access.
Emma Zaballos
Emma Zaballos
Jul 2026
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4 min read
Identiverse 2026 Confirmed the AI Agent Identity Gap: Visibility Is Not Enforcement

Identiverse 2026 Confirmed the AI Agent Identity Gap: Visibility Is Not Enforcement

Visibility tells you what your agents are doing. Enforcement determines what they’re allowed to do. Here’s what the Aembit team saw at Identiverse that confirmed the gap.
Emma Zaballos
Emma Zaballos
Jun 2026
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5 min read
Two software engineers at a desk with dual monitors displaying code, with the blog title overlay: What Anthropic WIF Gets Right – And What It Doesn't Solve

Anthropic Workload Identity Federation: What It Gets Right – and What It Still Doesn’t Solve

Eliminating static API keys is real progress – but securing one credential surface is not the same as governing workload access at scale.
Apurva Davé
Apurva Davé
Jun 2026
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9 min read
Software engineer seated at a desk in a modern office, reviewing responses from an AI assistant on a laptop while working across multiple monitors in a natural, candid workplace setting.

AIMS: A Model for AI Agent Identity

An early IETF draft hints at how identity infrastructure may evolve once autonomous software starts acting inside enterprise environments.
Kevin Sapp
Kevin Sapp
May 2026
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4 min read
Gartner workload IAM architecture for securing AI agents

Gartner’s Workload IAM Architecture Is a Big Step Forward for AI Agent Security

The global research and advisory firm is pushing the industry toward a more practical model for securing AI agents and non-human access.
Kevin Sapp
Kevin Sapp
May 2026
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8 min read
Access granted.

5 Capabilities of Workload Access Managers – And Why WAM Isn’t WIM

Workload access management isn’t identity management – it enforces access and eliminates credentials. Learn the five core WAM capabilities
Apurva Davé
Apurva Davé
May 2026
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11 min read
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