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Okta XAA Ecosystem Scales to 25+ Partners as AI Gateways Become the Identity Enforcement Layer
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Fusion42 · 4 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Okta’s Cross App Access (XAA) protocol has scaled to over 25 partners, positioning AI gateways as identity enforcement layers where agent connections must authenticate against enterprise policies before accessing tools. XAA replaces static API keys with short-lived, scoped tokens to improve security and auditability for AI agent access, integrating with MCP servers and expanding through a broad ecosystem that includes major identity and gateway vendors.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cybersecurity, AI Infrastructure and Identity & Access.
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Your app’s AI agents now need active identity checks before accessing tools because identity validation moved into the gateway layer. Implementing XAA-based token controls could immediately close critical AI security gaps and make your product more trusted by enterprise customers.
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