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Gartner on Machine IAM: Govern the Identity, Not the Credential

calendar_today September 22, 2026 person Developer AXE-WEB domain akeyless

Quick Answer: Machine IAM shifts security from managing credentials as standalone objects to governing the identities of workloads and AI agents directly. That means establishing who or what is requesting access, issuing short-lived authority based on policy, and maintaining ownership and lifecycle context as those identities change. For autonomous agents, that model increasingly extends into runtime, […] The post Gartner on Machine IAM: Govern the Identity, Not the Credential appeared first on Akeyless .

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