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Why We Need an AI Agent Taxonomy Right Now But We Can’t Have One

Why We Need an AI Agent Taxonomy Right Now But We Can’t Have One

If you’re having conversations about AI Agents and security right now, then you’re likely hearing what I’m hearing. There are many statements that say things like “AI Agents will…” or “... something something using AI Agents.” Statements like that point to a fundamental problem. AI Agents are being

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Making AI Agents Cheaper & Better with IAM Best Practices

How’s that for a sensationalist headline?!? But I promise I’m going to back it up. In my “Arguing about agent identity” talk at Identiverse a week ago, I asked everyone to use the AI urgency to achieve IAM goals; more specifically NHI goals. The board level pushing to

Securing LLMs, AI Agents, and MCP: Unpacking the New CIS Companion Guides

Securing LLMs, AI Agents, and MCP: Unpacking the New CIS Companion Guides

Originally published at Astrix Security: Securing LLMs, AI Agents, and MCP: Unpacking the New CIS Companion Guides. Today the Center for Internet Security (CIS) published three new Companion Guides extending the CIS Critical Security Controls to AI systems: one for LLMs, one for AI agents, and one for MCP environments.

Glasswing, Glass Houses, Glass Onions, and Attention

Glasswing, Glass Houses, Glass Onions, and Attention

Originally published on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/glasswing-glass-houses-onions-attention-jonathan-sander-kwfbe/ If you’ve been in security long enough, you’ve definitely been involved in lots of code reviews. I have seen my fair share. Like many of you I’m sure, I’ve

Everybody Was AI Fighting; RSA Went by as Fast as Lightning

Everybody Was AI Fighting; RSA Went by as Fast as Lightning

Originally published on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/everybody-ai-fighting-rsa-went-fast-lightning-jonathan-sander-pbh8c/ Three AI Agent Conversations that were a Little Bit Frightening RSA is a yearly ritual for me that has become as much about seeing old friends as getting the security industry

AI Agents and the Core of IAM: Key Takeaways from the Gartner IAM Summit 2025

Originally published at Astrix Security: AI Agents and the Core of IAM: Key Takeaways from the Gartner IAM Summit 2025. Another year, another Gartner IAM Summit in the books. While it was great to see old friends, it was the recurring themes that really struck a chord: proving that while

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Is ID-JAG the AI Agent Identity Solution? What the past tells us…

Originally published on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/id-jag-ai-agent-identity-solution-what-past-tells-us-jonathan-sander-fsbie/ Cloud and SaaS stretched our trust boundaries far outside our firewalls. Today’s workloads commonly use several different hosted platforms to tie together best of breed features. The