What role does Agentic AI play in identity and access management

Non-Human Identities (NHIs) — machine identities composed of secrets like tokens and their associated permissions — are becoming central to cloud security. Managing them requires a full lifecycle approach: discovery, classification, behavioral monitoring, automated credential rotation, and decommissioning. Agentic AI and machine learning can augment IAM by predicting access needs, detecting anomalies, and reducing human error. Key challenges include bridging the gap between security and R&D teams and ensuring consistent governance across distributed cloud environments. Best practices include centralized management platforms, compliance-driven frameworks, regular audits, and data-driven real-time monitoring.