OAuth and Token Delegation Patterns for AI Agents
OAuth's human-centered design breaks when AI agents act continuously without pausing for approval.
Hana Vidal
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8 stories in Access Control for Agents.
OAuth's human-centered design breaks when AI agents act continuously without pausing for approval.
Agents bypass human hesitation, making real-time action blocking essential.
Agents need tighter access controls than humans, and just-in-time provisioning is how.
AI agents need their own identity rules, not borrowed human ones.
Traditional access controls weren't designed for agents acting at machine speed.
Most AI agents inherit far more access than their tasks require.
Eighty percent of organizations face agent-driven security risks traditional testing cannot detect.
Leaked credentials remain valid four times longer than most organizations rotate agent access.