Zero Trust for the Age of Autonomous AI Agents - Part 1

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Zero trust models fail in the context of autonomous AI agents because they were designed for human-centric security. Traditional zero trust approaches cannot resolve the paradox between utility and least privilege when applied to agentic AI at scale.

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Original Source Material

Why Human-Centric Zero Trust Models Fail in a World of Autonomous AI Agents Zero trust was built for humans, not autonomous AI agents. As organizations adopt agentic AI at scale, human-centric security assumptions break down - creating a paradox between utility and least privilege that traditional zero trust models cannot resolve.