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Okta Wants Identity to Be the Control Plane for AI Agents
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Fusion42 · 22 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
Okta announced at Oktane 2026 its AI agent identity stack enhancements including XAA protocol integration, Agent Gateway as a runtime enforcement point, and Agent SSO bundled into core platform at no extra cost. This aims to make identity the central control plane for securing AI agents across enterprise workflows, enabling continuous validation of agent access and multi-hop identity lineage tracking.
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You must treat AI agents as first-class identities with continuous authorization to win enterprise trust and scale. Okta's integration of identity controls into AI workflows reveals that your next critical platform dependency is securing agent access at runtime, not just at deployment.
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