AI agents exponentially outnumber human identities in enterprise environments, and traditional security software was never built to govern them. Eighty-nine percent of cybersecurity decision-makers recently surveyed by Keeper Security said that AI adoption has made identity management harder.
In this Black Hat USA conversation with Cyber Risk TV, Darren Guccione, CEO and Co-Founder of Keeper Security, shares a practical framework for extending identity governance to non-human identities and AI agents before the access gap becomes a breach.
Segment Resources:
https://www.keepersecurity.com/ https://www.keepersecurity.com/privileged-access-management/ https://www.keepersecurity.com/resources/insight-report-identity-security-at-machine-speed/
To meet with Keeper Security at Black Hat 2026, stop by Booth 2157. To learn more about Keeper Security, visit: https://securityweekly.com/keeperbh
- 0:00 - — Black Hat 2026: The Invasion of AI
- 0:31 - — Why AI Agents Are Changing Identity Security
- 0:59 - — The Rise of Non-Human Identities in Enterprise
- 01:57 - — Managing AI Agents and Their Privileges at Scale
- 04:19 - — Discovery Is Not Enough: Governance and Remediation
- 06:29 - — Moving Beyond Isolated Security Tools
- 07:07 - — Ephemeral Access, Least Privilege, and AI Identities
- 08:00 - — From Discovery to Risk Management for Workloads
- 08:55 - — Why Cybersecurity Needs Platforms Over Products
- 09:53 - — The Governance Lifecycle of AI Agents
- 10:40 - — The Business Impact: AI Security Costs and Scale
- 12:34 - — Building an AI Governance Strategy
- 13:56 - — Helping Security Leaders Identify the Real Problem
- 15:55 - — The Future of Identity Reporting and Compliance
Darren Guccione is an entrepreneur, technologist and business leader. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Keeper Security, the leading zero-trust and zero-knowledge identity security and Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform, used by more than 95,000 organizations globally. Guccione is a frequent keynote speaker and panelist at global technology and cybersecurity conferences and is regularly featured in national, trade and broadcast media as a cybersecurity subject matter expert. As a visionary entrepreneur, Guccione has co-founded other successful ventures and advised industry-leading companies. Guccione holds a master’s degree from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
