Managing Agentic Identities at Scale: What Will You Do When You Have 10,000 AI Agents? (And then 100,000? or a Million?)

Managing a vast number of AI agents has transitioned from a futuristic concept to a present reality, with organizations increasingly integrating AI copilots, digital assistants, and autonomous services into their operations. Despite this rapid adoption, many AI systems lack a cohesive identity and security model, with a significant number of organizations operating without adequate governance policies, leading to identity mismanagement and security vulnerabilities. The challenge is compounded by the fact that identity and access management systems are often unprepared to scale to meet the needs of these autonomous agents. Ory provides a solution through its open, API-driven identity platform, designed to handle authentication and authorization challenges by employing Zero Trust principles that ensure rigorous identity verification and continuous enforcement of least privilege. By integrating with CockroachDB, Ory enhances the ability to manage identities at scale, offering organizations a path to build a secure and scalable identity infrastructure that accommodates both human and machine identities, thereby preventing the costly repercussions of retroactively addressing security issues in AI ecosystems.