BeyondTrust Launches AI Identity Security Controls
▼ Summary
– BeyondTrust released new AI security controls in Identity Security Insights to provide visibility into AI agents, secure orchestration of their actions, and an intelligence layer for security decisions.
– The capabilities include AI agent insights for discovering and risk-scoring agents, MCP orchestration for privilege-safe workflows, and an AI decision-support layer for real-time guidance.
– These features help organizations secure AI agents which can be deployed rapidly with admin-level privileges and represent a growing identity security challenge.
– Customers gain unified visibility and control across all identity types (human, machine, secrets, AI) to safely adopt AI while meeting compliance requirements.
– BeyondTrust has expanded its Identity Security Risk Assessment to help companies identify shadow AI agents operating within their environments.
BeyondTrust has introduced a new suite of AI identity security controls within its Identity Security Insights platform, designed to help organizations safely manage and govern the rapidly expanding use of AI agents. These features deliver comprehensive visibility, secure orchestration, and intelligent decision-making support to address the unique risks posed by non-human identities in modern IT environments.
According to Marc Maiffret, CTO at BeyondTrust, the proliferation of AI agents represents a significant and growing security challenge. “Agentic AI is not an isolated problem; it’s a subset of the broader non-human identity landscape,” he emphasized. These tools, often built on low-code platforms, can be deployed rapidly with extensive privileges, making centralized oversight essential. BeyondTrust’s approach integrates visibility with proactive control, enabling customers to mitigate risk while leveraging AI as a secure and compliant asset.
This release builds on the company’s ongoing innovation in identity security, following the August 2025 launch of Secrets Insights. The latest enhancements focus specifically on AI governance, offering a unified framework for secure AI adoption.
Three core capabilities define the new offering:
AI agent insights extend identity management to AI agents across cloud and SaaS environments, including platforms like Salesforce Agentforce and ServiceNow. This allows organizations to discover, classify, and risk-score AI agents, identify shadow AI deployments, and enforce Zero Standing Privilege and Just-In-Time access policies.
MCP orchestration via BeyondTrust’s MCP Server establishes a secure bridge for managing agent actions across the company’s product suite. It enables privilege-safe workflows such as JIT API requests through Entitle and credential rotations via Password Safe, with support for future integrations involving both BeyondTrust and customer-deployed AI models.
An AI decision-support layer embedded directly into the Pathfinder Platform functions as an intelligent assistant, delivering real-time insights and remediation guidance based on an organization’s identity security data. Powered by BeyondTrust Phantom Labs research, it helps security teams make informed decisions without interrupting existing processes.
For customers, these advancements translate into several key benefits: the ability to adopt AI safely with full visibility across all identity types, increased operational efficiency through automated insights, and simplified security management via a unified platform.
By extending its established privilege security model to AI identities, BeyondTrust enables organizations to accelerate AI initiatives without compromising on safety or compliance. Many companies remain unaware of the extent of shadow AI already active in their systems. BeyondTrust’s expanded Identity Security Risk Assessment now includes evaluation of AI-related risks, providing organizations with a timely opportunity to identify and address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
(Source: HelpNet Security)
