Executive Snapshot The identity problem in agentic AI is moving from theory to operations. Google Cloud's August 24, 2026 security post describes agents as actors that can read email, query databases, and trigger API calls. [1] Microsoft's May 2026 Agent 365 announcement describes local and cloud-hosted agents operating outside traditional governance and adds discovery context for these unmanaged agents. [2] The leadership implication is practical: before deciding how to secure an agent, the organization has to know that it exists and understand the authority it has been given. Shadow Does Not Mean Malicious Employees and teams create agents to get work done. The problem …
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