Identity , AI/ML , Privileged access management Non-human identities now center of enterprise risk April 20, 2026 Share By SC Staff (Adobe Stock) Security Brief Australia reports that security leaders marking Identity Management Day are sounding an urgent alarm over the explosive growth of non-human and AI-driven identities , warning that enterprises are rapidly scaling autonomous agent deployments while the governance frameworks needed to constrain their privileged access remain dangerously immature. Delinea CEO Art Gilliland highlighted a stark "AI security paradox," noting that while 83% of Australian firms claim readiness for automation, 40% admit their identity controls for AI systems are deficient because teams still treat agents "as tools, when they actually behave like privileged users." WatchGuard's Anthony Daniel reinforced the threat shift, observing that attackers now "simply log in" with stolen credentials, exploiting the 96% of malware now concealed within encrypted channels. Ping Identity CIO John Cannava stressed that the traditional login boundary has dissolved, demanding continuous runtime evaluation of every high-impact action. Meanwhile, ClickHouse executive Paul Davis pointed to recent billion-dollar acquisitions in the identity sector as proof that securing machine and agent identities has become a standalone discipline, requiring real-time correlation across SSO, cloud IAM, and application logs at a scale legacy SIEMs cannot sustain. SC Staff Related Identity Ponemon survey exposes identity overconfidence SC Staff April 20, 2026 A stark disconnect between perceived identity security and operational reality has emerged from a Ponemon Institute survey of over six hundred IT leaders, which found that while a majority express high confidence in their access controls, 89% of enterprise applications operate outside the governance of centralized multifactor authentication platforms, according to Security Boulevard. Identity iDenfy launches MCP server for AI coding assistants SC Staff April 20, 2026 iDenfy has released a Model Context Protocol server that enables AI coding assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor to ingest the company's live API documentation in real time, eliminating the friction of hallucinated parameters and outdated endpoint references that plague automated integration workflows, according to Biometric Update. Government Regulations Executive order spurs push for stronger identity proofing SC Staff April 20, 2026 Industry leaders are seizing upon the Trump administration's Executive Order 14390 to argue that the federal government's aggressive posture toward cyber-enabled fraud prosecutions must be matched by an equally robust investment in digital identity infrastructure, which they contend remains the primary, underutilized lever for disrupting the economics of large-scale impersonation, reports Biometric Update. Related Events Cybercast IAM for MSSPs: Real-World Deployments Mon May 18 Cybercast Privilege risk is in the lifecycle: A CISO discussion on modernizing identity control On-Demand Event Cybercast The industrialization of identity compromise On-Demand Event Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news Business Email By clicking the Subscribe button below, you agree to SC Media Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Subscribe Related Terms Access Control Basic Authentication Biometrics Certificate-Based Authentication Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) Digest Authentication Digital Certificate Discretionary Access Control (DAC) Escrow Passwords Finger You can skip this ad in 5 seconds