Okta Advances Agent Identity Framework as Market Builds Around Pre-GA Standards
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The enterprise transition to AI agents is hitting a fundamental infrastructure wall: the reliance on static, long-lived API keys. These credentials, often stored in plain text or configuration files, represent a significant security liability. A new approach is emerging to replace these standing permissions with identity-governed, short-lived tokens issued at runtime. This shift represents a move toward treating agents as first-class identities rather than generic machine principals. At Oktane 2026, Okta unveiled its Runtime Agent Gateway , a component designed to sit in the execution path between an agent and its tool calls.
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