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Tag: Workload Identity

Two professionals reviewing a secrets management dashboard, with text reading “Ranking the Top Secrets Managers & Alternatives (2026).

Ranking the Top Secrets Management Tools and Alternatives in 2026

Secrets managers still matter. But AI agents and workloads are changing when stored credentials make sense.
Dan Kaplan
Dan Kaplan
Sep 2026
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5 min read
A swarm of futuristic AI humanoids rushes a glowing security barrier at the entrance to a brightly lit data center, visually representing agents pushing past authorization controls.

Barbarians at the Gate: The Authorization Assumption That Agents Are Tearing Down

Broad credentials made sense when fixed application logic stood between users and actions, but AI agents have changed that equation.
Apurva Davé
Apurva Davé
Sep 2026
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4 min read
Graphic for Part 5 of Aembit’s MCP 2026-07-28 series, titled “The Agent Interoperability Layer,” with a network diagram of connected components in the background.

MCP as an Application Protocol: The Emerging Agent Interoperability Layer

What began as a way for agents to call tools is expanding into infrastructure for longer-running, governed interactions across enterprise systems.
Ashur Kanoon
Ashur Kanoon
Sep 2026
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5 min read
Industry Insights One

CrowdStrike AIDR Tells You What’s Risky. Aembit Tells You Who Gets Access.

Already run CrowdStrike AIDR? See how it builds on Aembit’s identity control plane for AI agents. Read the full breakdown.
Emma Zaballos
Emma Zaballos
Sep 2026
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2 min read
“Secure Agentic AI” over a connected digital globe.

MCP Authorization: OAuth 2.1, PKCE, and Agent Identity

An employee, a scheduled agent, and a company-wide assistant may knock on the same MCP server door. They should not get in with the same badge.
Kevin Sapp
Kevin Sapp
Sep 2026
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9 min read
Thoughtful man in glasses works on a laptop at a sunlit office table, coffee nearby, with blurred coworkers and city skyline behind him.

What is OIDC and How Does It Work?

OIDC adds identity to OAuth, giving applications a standard way to verify users, receive claims, and support modern sign-on.
Víctor Jiménez
Víctor Jiménez
Sep 2026
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6 min read
What Identity Federation Means for Workloads

What Workload Identity Federation Means for Cloud-Native Environments

Instead of duplicating accounts or sharing credentials, one identity system can validate identities issued by another and grant access based on that trust.
Dan Kaplan
Dan Kaplan
Sep 2026
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10 min read
Illustration of four professionals comparing a simple workload identity diagram with a large, complex engineering system of pipes, modules and machinery.

SPIFFE and SPIRE: Can You Afford to Build It Right? | Aembit

What it takes to implement it, and why real-world environments make it hard to finish.
Ashur Kanoon
Ashur Kanoon
Sep 2026
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18 min read
AI and human face eye to eye.

A Guide to Agentic Identity and IAM

AI agents are changing how identity and access work but most teams are unprepared.
Dan Kaplan
Dan Kaplan
Aug 2026
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5 min read
secrets-management-in-the-cloud

A Guide to Secrets Management: Frameworks and Best Practices

This guide covers the essential best practices for securing your organization’s secrets in cloud environments.
Ashur Kanoon
Ashur Kanoon
Aug 2026
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6 min read
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