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What is device token phishing?

IT pros share strategies to defend against abuse of a legitimate authentication flow.

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Synthetic identities are the next step for security in an agentic age

“It’s not really a matter of trust, it’s a matter of capabilities,” machine learning exec tells IT Brew.

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Does the agentic era signal the end of cybersecurity perimeters?

Agentic AI could flood organizations with synthetic identities and unsupervised workflows

Caroline Nihill

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Identity security comes for the agents

“Right now, there isn’t a single solution in the market,” Palo Alto exec says.

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Is a mobile driver’s license the answer to deepfake attacks?

Better Identity Coalition coordinator Jeremy Grant sees the mDL as a secure option.

AI Finance identity crisis

Managing agentic AI identities a key for security, say experts

Governance and identity are essential to staying out of agentic AI trouble, Appfire engineering director says.

Leaders overestimate their organizations’ handle on machine identities

The ratio of machine to human identities within organizations is also widening.

Brianna Monsanto

Your AI strategy has a security problem: 43% of IT leaders now cite security concerns as the top barrier to expanding AI agent deployment, according to research from JumpCloud. Before giving agents more access to apps, data, and workflows, make sure you can govern the identities behind them. See how to secure every identity, human or not.