Agents can already prove who they are. What no standard has cleanly solved is passing scoped authority down a multi-hop chain across organizations. Here is the real state of agent identity in 2026, minus the blockchain hype.
Machine identities now outnumber humans by 45 to 1 or more, and every AI agent widens the gap. Here is what an identity orchestration layer is, in plain terms, and how to build one that governs humans, workloads, and agents from a single control plane.
Attackers are forging authentication cookies to bypass Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN logins. CISA KEV listed, Rapid7 confirms active exploitation since May 17.
Zero Trust isn't magic. It's a specific set of architectural components working together, policy engine, identity fabric, device trust, microsegmentation,
Zero Trust flips the old security model on its head. Instead of trusting everyone inside the network, it trusts no one by default, and that shift changes
Enterprises have already started to embrace zero trust security over traditional security since it offers improved security while simultaneously improving
New technology being developed at the behest of retail giants may be tempting, but industry experts share their doubts on whether this tracking scheme is
The perimeter-based security model was built for a world that no longer exists. Zero trust replaces "trust but verify" with "never trust, always verify" -
The companies used to work on a castle-and-moat defense principle in the past. By default, everyone within the network is regarded as a trusted source.