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Theres nothing inherently wrong with NHIs, Harish Peri, Okta SVP of Product Marketing says.

The issue is that securing NHIs is very, very difficult.

Okta’s Auth for GenAI launch

Now think about this.

It’s a real problem, Peri says.

They are not being driven by the ITO security teams.

ITO security teams don’t even have visibility into the fact that these identities exist.

Oktas Developer Experience now enables developers to build a secure and seamless experience for AI agents to authenticate users.

The new tools

Auth for GenAI is looking to solve this problem with a four tiered approach.

Third, is asynchronous authorization - allowing agents to perform tasks with human in the loop approvals.

So that’s where IPSIE comes in, continues Stephen McDermid, Oktas CSO EMEA.

We’re trying to look at how we minimize these risks.

This initiative means multiple vendors can meet and discuss, so Okta hopes the foundation will grow from here.