Identity, authorization, and audit — for agents
The three things every autonomous agent needs before it touches production — in one control plane, alongside your humans and services.
A verifiable identity for every agent
Each agent gets a first-class identity in a registry with lifecycle states, signed agent cards, and token binding — not a shared API key nobody can trace.
Least-privilege on every action
Authorize what an agent can do per call, not once at issuance. Scope by tool, resource, and organization, with a policy decision on every request.
A tamper-evident audit trail
Every agent action lands in a hash-chained ledger — who, what, when, and the decision. Answer "what did the agent do?" on day one, for any auditor.
An agent isn’t a user, and isn’t a static service
Treating an AI agent like either is how access sprawls and audits fail. Three properties make agent identity a category of its own.
Agents act on their own
Unlike a service with a fixed job, an agent chains tools and makes decisions at runtime. Access has to be scoped to the action, not the identity.
Credentials must be short-lived
A long-lived key on an autonomous agent is a standing liability. Agents need scoped, short-lived, revocable credentials with a real kill switch.
Authorization has to be continuous
Permissions change and tokens leak. Decisions need to be re-checked continuously and revocation propagated in seconds — not at the next login.
Register, authorize, monitor
Register the agent
Give the agent an identity with a signed agent card, an owner, and a lifecycle. It joins the same registry as your humans and services.
Authorize each action
Every tool call and MCP request runs through a policy decision — scoped, logged, and enforced before anything reaches your systems.
Monitor & revoke
Watch behavior in real time, get a tamper-evident record of every action, and revoke or kill an agent instantly when something looks wrong.
Standards-based — OAuth 2.0, OIDC, DPoP token binding, and native Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.
Frequently asked questions
What is agent identity?
Agent identity is the practice of giving each AI agent its own verifiable identity — instead of a shared API key — so its access can be scoped, authorized per action, and audited. It is the AI-agent slice of the broader non-human identity problem.
What is a non-human identity?
A non-human identity is any actor in your systems that is not a person: services, workloads, and now AI agents. AccessIQ governs all of them alongside your human users in one control plane.
How is agent identity different from an API key?
An API key is a static, long-lived secret with a fixed scope and no accountability. Agent identity gives each agent a first-class, revocable identity, per-action authorization, short-lived credentials, and a full audit trail of what it actually did.
Does AccessIQ support MCP (Model Context Protocol)?
Yes. AccessIQ can sit in front of any MCP server as a gateway — making the policy decision, redacting sensitive data, and writing an audit record before a request is ever forwarded upstream.
Can I bring my own policy engine?
Yes. If you already run OPA, Cedar, or AVP, AccessIQ federates with them — so agent decisions use the same policies as the rest of your stack.