What Does "Democratizing Privilege Controls" Mean?
Ever since IMPACT, the energy from the Idira launch has been unstoppable. The customer conversations have not slowed down for a day. The hype is real, and it is earned.
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Idira — Our Journey to Democratize Privilege Controls
Introducing Idira: The AI-Driven Identity security platform. Extend Zero Standing Privilege to every human, machine, and AI agent identity in your enterprise.
Idira Identity Security Platform Reaches FedRAMP High Milestone
Executive Summary: Palo Alto Networks has achieved FedRAMP High Authorization for its Identity Security Platform, providing federal agencies with a pr...
How to Assess Maturity When Machine Identities Outnumber Humans 109:1
Machine identities per human in the enterprise hit 109:1 this year, up from 82:1 last year. And 77% of organizations expect that number to keep climbi...
Vibe check your vibe code: Adding human judgment to AI-driven development
Remember when open meant visible? When a bug in open-source code left breadcrumbs you could audit? When you could trace commits, contributors, timesta...
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A practical guide to AI-ready machine identity governance in finance
Across financial services operations, machine identities play critical roles, but in many organizations, these cryptographic keys, API tokens, certifi...
Secure AI Agents — New Controls and Visibility for MCP Data Access
Learn how Secure AI Agents help teams discover MCP servers, control access and audit AI agent activity.
How Autonomous AI Agents Like Openclaw are Reshaping Enterprise Identity Se...
The viral surge of OpenClaw has captured the tech world’s imagination, turning it into a high-profile example of how quickly autonomous AI agents can move from curiosity to real op...
Contain the SSO Blast Radius: Identity Security Beyond MFA
Over the past week, multiple research teams have documented a renewed wave of voice-led social engineering targeting identity providers and federated access. The entry point is not...
The Hidden Cost of PKI: Why Certificate Failures Aren’t Just an IT Problem
For years, businesses have treated public key infrastructure (PKI) as background plumbing, quietly securing access across enterprise systems and devices and rarely drawing executiv...
How the Future of Privilege Is Reshaping Compliance
If privilege has changed, compliance cannot stay static. As organizations accelerate digital transformation, the compliance landscape is shifting beneath their feet — especially when it comes to how privileged...
What’s shaping the AI agent security market in 2026
For the past two years, AI agents have dominated boardroom conversations, product roadmaps, and investor decks. Companies made bold promises, tested early prototypes, and poured resources into innovation. As 20...
Secure AI Agents: A Closer Look at Solution Capabilities
We are excited to announce a new solution for securing AI agents. The solution helps organizations gain visibility into their AI agents and manage and secure their access to databases by applying identity secur...
The CA/B Forum Mandate: A Catalyst for Modernizing Machine Identity Managem...
Modernization rarely begins without a catalyst. For organizations managing machine identities, the CA/B Forum mandate is driving a wave of change — transforming compliance pressure...
The Future of Privilege: Dynamic Identity Security in Real Time
It shifts dynamically with every action taken by an increasingly dynamic set of users, workloads, and AI agents, making traditional reliance on static credentials outdated and unfi...
The Next Chapter of Identity Security Begins With Privilege
Privileged access management (PAM) was once thought of in simple terms: secure the credentials of a handful of administrators managing on-premises systems. Vault the passwords, rot...
Agentic AI Security: What Business Leaders Can’t Afford To Ignore
“Agentic AI is here to stay. It doesn’t matter whether you’re just experimenting with simple AI assistants and chatbots or already have autonomous agents with privileged access run...
Think IGA is challenging? You’re not alone
If getting visibility into and governance over your identity estate feels like a headache that — despite attempts at treatment — won’t go away, you’re not alone. You may have processes or tools, but manual work...
Secrets, Out: Why Workload Identity Is Essential for AI Agent Security
AI agents aren’t waiting in the wings anymore. They’re approving payments, spinning up cloud resources, and pulling sensitive data at machine speed. Blink, and a swarm of them has...
Securing AI Agents: Privileged Machine Identities At Unprecedented Scale
Earlier in 2025, an AI agent named Claudius made headlines when it insisted it was human, promising to deliver products in “a blue blazer and red tie.”
The Invisible Threat: Machine Identity Sprawl and Expired Certificates
One unmanaged machine identity—whether a TLS certificate, SSH key, code signing certificate, or API secret—that’s all it takes to crash your website, halt transactions, and leave c...
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Secure AI Agents — New Controls and Visibility for MCP Data Access
Learn how Secure AI Agents help teams discover MCP servers, control access and audit AI agent activity.
What’s shaping the AI agent security market in 2026
For the past two years, AI agents have dominated boardroom conversations, product roadmaps, and investor decks. Companies made bold promises, tested early prototypes, and poured resources into innovation. As 20...
How Autonomous AI Agents Like Openclaw are Reshaping Enterprise Identity Se...
The viral surge of OpenClaw has captured the tech world’s imagination, turning it into a high-profile example of how quickly autonomous AI agents can move from curiosity to real op...
Contain the SSO Blast Radius: Identity Security Beyond MFA
Over the past week, multiple research teams have documented a renewed wave of voice-led social engineering targeting identity providers and federated access. The entry point is not...
The Hidden Cost of PKI: Why Certificate Failures Aren’t Just an IT Problem
For years, businesses have treated public key infrastructure (PKI) as background plumbing, quietly securing access across enterprise systems and devices and rarely drawing executiv...
A practical guide to AI-ready machine identity governance in finance
Across financial services operations, machine identities play critical roles, but in many organizations, these cryptographic keys, API tokens, certifi...
Why No User Should Have Local Admin Rights
The idea of removing local administrator rights from every. single. user. across your organization is likely to spark strong reactions. Search popular online forums for the phrase “remove local admin rights” to see exactly what I mean. But...
Securing AI Agents: Privileged Machine Identities At Unprecedented Scale
Earlier in 2025, an AI agent named Claudius made headlines when it insisted it was human, promising to deliver products in “a blue blazer and red tie.”
Secure AI Agents: A Closer Look at Solution Capabilities
We are excited to announce a new solution for securing AI agents. The solution helps organizations gain visibility into their AI agents and manage and secure their access to databases by applying identity secur...
Agentic AI Security: What Business Leaders Can’t Afford To Ignore
“Agentic AI is here to stay. It doesn’t matter whether you’re just experimenting with simple AI assistants and chatbots or already have autonomous agents with privileged access run...
Secrets, Out: Why Workload Identity Is Essential for AI Agent Security
AI agents aren’t waiting in the wings anymore. They’re approving payments, spinning up cloud resources, and pulling sensitive data at machine speed. Blink, and a swarm of them has...
The Importance of Identity Security in Zero Trust Endpoint Defense
Identity security and zero trust have emerged as critical components in the defense against quickly evolving cyberthreats. Together, the solution and the approach support a default stance of “never trust, alway...
Modern Application Control, Done Right With Least Privilege
When attackers gain access to a single endpoint—like a developer’s workstation or an HR system—it’s often game over. With some skill and patience, that foothold can escalate into full-blown disruption: stolen d...
Why Implementing Identity Security Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
Every organization is different, with its own unique needs, challenges and goals. That means that IT solutions, and especially IT security, must be complex tools that are highly configurable and adaptable to va...
Skeleton Keys and Local Admin Passwords: A Cautionary Tale
Picture yourself immersed in your favorite mystery novel, eagerly flipping through the pages as the suspense thickens. You’re enthralled, engrossed in the story of a hotel burglar with an uncanny ability to sne...
How the Future of Privilege Is Reshaping Compliance
If privilege has changed, compliance cannot stay static. As organizations accelerate digital transformation, the compliance landscape is shifting beneath their feet — especially when it comes to how privileged...