CYBERSECURITY

realise the full potential of agentic AI to transform their businesses with the peace of mind that comes with knowing the agent identities are secure.”

Accenture AI Refinery integration enables comprehensive identity security controls Accenture’ s AI Refinery helps companies operationalise AI technology across public and private cloud platforms, while the CyberArk platform secures identities across environments.

“ AI agents operate autonomously, presenting unique identity security challenges. Ensuring secure authentication, credentialing and authorisation is crucial for their safe operation both within and outside of organisations,” says Damon McDougald, Global Cybersecurity Protection lead at Accenture.

The integration focuses on several key capabilities: visibility into AI agent activities, least privilege access controls, secure authentication mechanisms and protection against manipulation that could expose data or disrupt operations.

This approach responds to growing enterprise interest in AI agents. Accenture’ s Technology Vision 2025 report found 77 % of executives believe AI agents will fundamentally change how their organisations build digital systems.

As organisations prepare to integrate AI agents into their operations, these autonomous systems require

TITLE: GLOBAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION LEAD

COMPANY: ACCENTURE

INDUSTRY: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES / CONSULTING

Damon oversees Accenture’ s global cybersecurity protection services, helping organisations implement comprehensive security frameworks and respond to evolving threats.

of executives believe AI agents will reinvent how organisations build digital systems

specialised security controls that account for their unique characteristics.

“ To stay resilient, CISOs and security leaders must modernise their identity security strategies to contend with a new and expanding attack surface characterised by the proliferation of identities with privileged access and made worse by damaging identity silos,” says Clarence.

130 June 2025