CYBERSECURITY
THE IDENTITY SECURITY CRISIS millions of machine identities, requiring new approaches to visibility and control.
“ AI agents have the potential to gain privileged access to systems and processes, so they require the same level of identity security controls as human and machine identities,” says Matt Cohen, CEO at CyberArk.“ By combining the comprehensive identity security capabilities of the CyberArk Platform with the powerful functionality of Accenture’ s AI Refinery, we will be enabling our customers to
Enterprise security teams face an unprecedented challenge as machine identities dominate networks. The explosion of non-human identities – service accounts, APIs, automated processes, and AI agents – has created security blind spots that threat actors increasingly exploit. Digital transformation initiatives and cloud migration have accelerated this trend, with security teams struggling to maintain visibility across fragmented identity systems. Meanwhile, attackers have shifted tactics, preferring credential theft over malware deployment. For CIOs, addressing these challenges requires rethinking traditional perimeterbased approaches and implementing comprehensive identity security controls that encompass both human and machine identities.