Interesting to see the market reflecting a trend we're noticing firsthand.

BMO Capital recently upgraded Okta's stock, highlighting AI agent identity management as a significant driver for growth. This area really excites me because it sits right where Okta and Google Cloud infrastructure intersect.

As enterprises deploy more AI agents on platforms like Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, and Vertex AI, these agents form a new kind of digital workforce. Like human users, they require a secure identity lifecycle.

Here’s how we can approach governing them with tools we already have:

✔️ AI-driven attacks are rapidly becoming a leading identity concern, surpassing stolen credentials, making agent security essential.   ✔️ Okta Workflows can automate the full agent lifecycle: provisioning identities upon deployment, rotating credentials according to usage, and cleanly deprovisioning them when retired.   ✔️ Using Okta as the IdP alongside GCP’s Workload Identity Federation enables agents to access service accounts via fine-grained IAM policies, removing the need for risky manual key handling.   ✔️ Organisations that already use Okta for human identities have a solid platform to secure their AI agents, no extra tools required.

It’s rewarding to help teams expand on their existing Okta and Google Cloud investments to address this evolving challenge safely. The same platforms protecting employees also offer control and confidence over the growing AI workforce.

If you’re working on AI agent governance and want to share insights, feel free to reach out. I’m happy to exchange what we’re learning.

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