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AI is rewriting the rules of privileged access, but the rise of AI agents is creating a governance crisis. Threats like credential stuffing and privilege escalation are now accelerated by autonomous systems moving faster than humans can react. 82% of companies deploy autonomous AI agents, but 23% of IT teams admit those bots have already been tricked into revealing credentials—and fewer than half have guardrails in place. In modern infrastructure, machine identities now outnumber humans 80:1.

This article has been authored by Cynthia Yang and Sorabh Chopra. As cyber threats evolve, traditional credential management falls short. A mature identity and access management (IAM) framework is essential to secure digital identities and reduce risk.

Identity is now the most common entry point for attackers. In cloud-native environments, thousands of microservices, containers, and agents request credentials every day, and each one represents a potential weakness. The imbalance between human and non-human identities (NHIs) is growing, but many organizations still devote the bulk of their identity and access governance (IGA) efforts to the former.

What if one unauthorized access attempt ended up costing your bank millions? That’s exactly what happened to TransUnion in 2025, when hackers stole the personal data of 4.4 million people by abusing privileged credentials. This breach illustrates a harsh reality: privileged accounts are among the top targets for attackers, and data breaches in financial institutions are among the most costly across all industries.

Privileged access management (PAM) secures critical accounts and credentials that attackers target to compromise entire systems. By removing standing privileges, enforcing just-in-time access, vaulting passwords, and monitoring sessions, PAM reduces risk and streamlines compliance.

If you’ve spent any time in the identity security space lately, you’ve probably noticed the word “Fabric” being tossed around a lot. And if you’re like most people, you might be wondering: Is this just another marketing buzzword? Identity environments today are more complex than ever.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) is crucial for protecting an organization’s most critical systems and sensitive data against both internal and external cyber threats. Despite its importance, many IT and security teams perceive PAM implementation as challenging due to complexity, lack of resources or poor user adoption. While legacy PAM solutions have been known to be difficult to implement, modern solutions like KeeperPAM are changing the process by making PAM more streamlined and scalable.