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AI Agent Glossary

The language of AI identity

Explore key terms related to AI agents, identity governance, machine identities, zero trust, and AI security.

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AAI Agent

An autonomous software entity powered by AI that can reason, make decisions, and take actions across systems — often with its own credentials and privileged access.

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AAgentic AI

AI systems designed to pursue goals autonomously by planning, using tools, and chaining actions with minimal human intervention.

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AAI Identity

The unique, governable identity assigned to an AI agent — including its credentials, owner, permissions, and lifecycle — so its actions can be attributed and controlled.

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IIdentity Governance

The policies and processes that ensure every identity — human or machine — has the right access, an accountable owner, and continuous oversight.

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LLeast Privilege

A security principle granting each identity only the minimum access required to perform its function, reducing the blast radius of a compromise.

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MMachine Identity

The digital identity of a non-human entity such as a service, workload, or bot — authenticated with keys, certificates, or tokens rather than passwords.

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MMCP

Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets AI agents connect to external tools and data sources, expanding both their capability and their access footprint.

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NNon-Human Identity

Any identity not tied to a person — including service accounts, API keys, tokens, workloads, and AI agents. NHIs now vastly outnumber human identities in most enterprises.

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PPolicy Engine

The component that evaluates rules and context to decide whether an identity's requested action should be allowed, denied, or challenged in real time.

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ZZero Trust

A security model that assumes no identity is inherently trusted — every request is continuously verified, authorized, and granted the least privilege necessary.

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