As organizations deploy autonomous AI agents, security teams face a significant shift as non-human non-human entities making decisions, invoking tools, and delegating tasks to other agents without human intervention. Security architectures built around human users, static APIs, and distinct endpoints break down when AI agents dynamically collaborate across an environment.
Securing Agent-to-Agent Communication: The Next Identity Frontier
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