Securing Non-Human Identities: A Defense-in-Depth Blueprint for AI Agents - Tatsuya Yano
Ai security Non Human identities Confused deputy Identity chaining Zero Trust Keycloak Athenz Id Jag Rfc 8693 Token exchange Cloud native security Ai agents Defense In Depth
This advanced session presents a comprehensive security architecture for AI agents facing the Confused Deputy problem, where agents may gain excessive permissions losing original user context. The speaker demonstrates Identity Chaining with ID-JAG and RFC 8693 Token Exchange standards to propagate user intent across microservices, showcasing a production-grade implementation unifying Keycloak (user identity) with Athenz (workload identity) for zero-trust AI systems at scale.