Agent identity: why every AI agent needs its own login
As AI agents act inside your systems, they need their own identity, permissions and audit trail. Here is what agent identity means and how to set it up.
Placeholder article. When an agent sends an email, edits a record or issues a refund, you need to know which agent did it, and that it was allowed to.
The problem with shared logins
Many businesses let agents act with a person's password or one shared API key. When something goes wrong, nobody can tell who did what.
The three parts of agent identity
- Identity: every agent has its own account.
- Permissions: only the access it needs, nothing more.
- Audit trail: every action logged and traceable.
Where to start
List every agent and integration that touches your data today, then give each one its own identity before adding the next.