Okta unveils new framework to secure and protect enterprise AI agents

Date:
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Description:
Okta's new blueprint spells out how companies can manage AI agents and includes an agent management platform, launching in April.

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now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter AI agents and superagents are posing real risks by working autonomously across sensitive environments Only one in five organizations treat agents as identity-bearing entities a bad move for security Okta for AI Agents is launching on April 30 as an AI agent IAM platform Okta has uncovered the details of its 'secure agentic enterprise' blueprint in a bid to set out how companies can manage AI agents in a similar way to human agents.

As part of the shift, Okta will be launching Okta for AI Agents on April 30, 2026, as a platform for discovering, registering and managing AI agents, including shadow agents that might otherwise have gone undetected. By standardizing access, the IAM company hopes to give companies access to enhanced visibility and one central kill switch. Article continues below You may like How businesses can stop their AI agents from running amok From Black Box to White Box: why AI agents shouldnt be a mystery to enterprises OpenAI introduces Frontier, an easier way to manage all your AI agents in one place Okta to launch AI agent IAM tool Okta's decision to launch an AI management platform comes at an important inflection point, where companies expect to increase employment of AI agents while simultaneously decreasing their reliance on certain human workers.

Now that AI agents can act autonomously across systems, and so-called "superagents" like OpenClaw can execute commands and access files, companies are calling for clearer and more comprehensive management. According to Okta, most (88%) organizations have reported AI agent security incidents.

However, only around one in five (22%) treat AI agents as identity-bearing entities, highlighting a major security gap as they become more human-like in their functionalities.

"AI agents are evolving faster than any software before them, making traditional security models obsolete. Speed is now a given, but security is the differentiator, Products & Technology President Ric Smith wrote. Are you
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The platform covers three primary questions: 'where are my agents?', 'what
can they connect to?' and 'what can they do?'.

And via agent integrations in the Okta Integration Network (OIN), the company has partnered with AI platforms including Boomi, DataRobot and Google Vertex AI to expand its existing 8,200-strong integration catalog.

"With this new blueprint, Okta is establishing the industry standard for the secure agentic enterprise," Smith concluded. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button!

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