AI agents are increasingly connected to critical enterprise systems like Salesforce, GitHub, Snowflake, and production databases, yet most organizations lack identity governance frameworks to manage them. A 2026 CSA survey found 82% of organizations discovered at least one AI agent created without security team knowledge, and 65% experienced a security incident involving an AI agent. The core problem is overprivileged agents with low visibility — agents often accumulate broad access early and are never properly scoped. Effective governance requires continuous discovery and inventory of agent identities, purpose-based permission scoping aligned to least privilege, and ongoing monitoring rather than point-in-time audits. The piece is sponsored by Token Security, which offers tooling for AI agent identity lifecycle management.
