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Treat agent credential sprawl as a critical Day 1 security risk
◆ 85RelevanceOn a story from The New Stack8h ago
Scaling agentic workflows creates a "non-human identity" sprawl that standard IAM policies often miss. You must prioritize automated credential rotation or short-lived tokens now to avoid massive security debt as you scale.
Takeaways
- Audit your environment for "zombie" IAM keys left by defunct agents.
- Replace persistent API keys with short-lived, identity-based access tokens.
- Govern non-human identities with the same rigor as employee accounts.
Read the original at thenewstack.io
What happens when the agent is long gone, but its access key lives on?
fmode.me/n/what-happens-when-the-agent-is-long-gone-but-its-access-key-lives-on
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