Britive Tackles Agentic AI’s Identity Crisis
By Jim Lundy
Britive Tackles Agentic AI’s Identity Crisis
The rise of autonomous AI agents, capable of executing tasks and accessing sensitive data, is creating a monumental security blind spot for the modern enterprise. Traditional identity tools, built for predictable human workflows, are simply not equipped for this new, non-human workforce. In a category-defining move, Britive has announced a new suite of capabilities to govern and Agentic AI identities and the surrounding Security. This blog analyzes the announcement and its significant implications for the market.
Why Did Britive Announce Agentic Identity and Security?
Britive, has launched a platform designed to manage the full identity lifecycle of AI agents. This follows Aragon Research’s definition of the AISP category in June 2025. The company asserts that the security perimeter has fundamentally shifted from human identity to agent identity, and legacy Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions cannot handle the scale, speed, and autonomy of AI.
Britive’s offering provides runtime controls for agent-to-agent and agent-to-tool communication, enabling a “secure by design” approach to AI adoption. The solution focuses on three critical use cases: securing agent access to enterprise tools and APIs, enabling secure collaboration between agents, and governing the initial delegation of authority from a human to an agent.
Analysis: Defining the Agentic Identity and Security Platform
For Britive, this announcement does more than launch a product; it helps formalize a new and essential category of cybersecurity called Agentic Identity and Security. As enterprises deploy autonomous agents that act on their behalf, traditional security models break down. Britive is positioning itself as a first-mover in what Aragon Research has identified as the Agentic Identity and Security Platform (AISP) category.
This is not a minor feature extension but a foundational security layer for the AI-driven enterprise. By applying proven cloud security principles like Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) and Just-in-Time (JIT) access to AI agents, Britive addresses one of the most significant barriers to enterprise AI adoption: security. This move challenges the entire identity market, forcing legacy vendors to contend with the reality that their human-centric platforms are inadequate for the agentic era.
What Should Enterprises Do?
Enterprises must move beyond acknowledging the agentic identity problem and begin actively solving it. This requires formally evaluating and then deploying Agentic Identity and Security Platforms (AISP) like the new offering from Britive. Security and IT leaders need to confront the reality that their existing identity frameworks are dangerously insufficient for autonomous AI. As organizations develop and deploy multi-agent systems, they must answer critical governance questions: How will we register, credential, manage, and audit thousands of non-human identities?
How can we enforce principles like Just-in-Time access to ensure an agent only has the permissions it needs, for exactly as long as it needs them? The time for theoretical discussion is over. The practical next step is to identify high-risk AI initiatives, particularly where agents interact with critical systems or sensitive data. For these use cases, enterprises should deploy an AISP solution to gain the granular runtime controls and immutable audit trails required for secure, compliant, and confident AI adoption.
Bottom Line
Britive’s launch of its Agentic Identity and Security capabilities is a landmark event, signaling the maturation of a new security category essential for the AI era. As AI agents become an integral part of the enterprise, securing their identities and runtime access is non-negotiable. Britive is establishing a blueprint for secure Agentic Identity and Security built on modern, cloud-native principles. For enterprises, the message is clear: to innovate with AI at scale and with confidence, you must first solve the agentic identity and security issues.
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