The race to secure autonomous AI agents is intensifying as adoption accelerates across the business landscape, according to Biometric Update.A recent forecast from Akeyless suggests over 95% of organizations plan to deploy AI agents within the next year, driving urgent activity in the security sector. In a major move, cloud communications firm Twilio has announced its acquisition of identity management provider Stytch, aiming to build an intelligent identity layer to verify trust between humans and AI agents in real-time.Simultaneously, UK-based Nuggets has launched a verification plugin for the ElizaOS platform, creating a privacy-preserving framework for agent-to-agent and human-to-agent interactions. Akeyless has also expanded its security suite with new capabilities, including an identity provider and privileged access management tailored for AI agents.CEO Oded Hareven issued a stark warning, stating there is "no question" that unsecured AI agents will become a leading cause of enterprise breaches, underscoring the critical need for these new security controls to enable safe and scalable automation.
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