AI agents are part of your team now. Here’s how to secure all of them.

The article argues that AI agents now function like workforce members because they access business apps, create tickets, provision infrastructure, and act on behalf of employees. JumpCloud says non-human identities outnumber humans in most organizations, yet few have dedicated governance controls, creating risks around ownership, access, and offboarding.

As AI agents become operational infrastructure, identity security programs must expand beyond employees and service accounts. The emerging trend is toward agent lifecycle management, where every AI agent is discovered, assigned an owner, given least-privilege access, monitored, and retired when no longer needed.