AI Agent Identity & Access Management Tools

When to explore this layer

Evaluate this layer when an agent needs an identity or credentials to reach company systems. Begin with the task and resource boundary. A person's broad account access should not automatically become the permissions of every agent they request.

ILLUSTRATIVE EVALUATION · NOT A CUSTOMER RESULT

Put a real task in the demonstration.

A fictional analyst needs an agent to read approved invoice records and prepare an exception list. Request read access to that bounded dataset, then attempt an update and access to a different team's data. Change the analyst's role and test revocation. Record where propagation is immediate and where a token may remain usable.

Questions to bring to the demonstration

1. Is the agent linked to a responsible human and a specific delegation record?
2. Can access be limited by action, resource, tenant and duration rather than a broad application role?
3. How are credentials issued, rotated and revoked, including already-issued tokens?
4. What happens to agent access when its owner leaves, changes role or loses an entitlement?

Evidence to request

• An entitlement and resource-scope record
• Allowed and denied access attempts
• A lifecycle change with measured revocation behavior

Record what was demonstrated, what was only described, and what remains unknown. Preserve the product version, environment and date beside each observation.

Where this layer stops

Authentication answers which identity is calling. It does not, by itself, explain why a business task was delegated or whether every requested action is appropriate. Runtime authorization and separation-of-duties decisions may live in other systems.

Connect it to the work

Discovery should produce the reason for access before credentials are requested. DutyGraph can describe proposed task boundaries; the connected identity and access systems must enforce actual permissions.

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