Dustin Wilcox, senior VP and CISO at S&P Global, and Michael Adams, Docusign CISO, share advice for CISOs on securing the enterprise as agentic AI identities proliferate.
Identity has always been central to security, but the proliferation of AI agents is rapidly changing the challenge of managing and securing identity, spurring CISOs to rethink their identity strategies — even how it is defined.
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The narrative presents a compelling case for rethinking identity security in the age of AI, but it’s worth examining the underlying assumptions and potential blind spots. The strongest version of this argument—what we might call the "steelman"—is that AI agents introduce unprecedented complexity, requiring a shift from reactive to proactive, identity-centric security. The emphasis on continuous verification and least privilege is sound, as is the call to treat MFA as a baseline rather than a pan...