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NIST sets 10 principles for AI agent identity and authorization

NIST sets 10 principles for AI agent identity and authorization

2026-11-03  Per Henrikson

Taken together, the tenets treat every agent as an accountable identity in its own right, distinct from the people and systems it works for and traceable back to whoever launched it. They keep its access minimal, temporary and revocable, and bring humans in when the stakes rise. They also keep what an agent is permitted to do separate from what it decides to try, and record its actions in a tamper-evident trail it cannot alter.


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