NHI & AI Identity Summit : The New NHI Risk Reality

The New NHI Risk Reality: When AI Agents Start Making Decisions | NHI & AI Identity Summit | IDV 2026AI agents are fundamentally changing the Non-Human Identity (NHI) risk landscape. As agents begin making decisions, accessing systems, invoking tools and acting on behalf of humans, traditional identity security and governance models are being challenged.In this session from the NHI & AI Identity Summit at Identiverse 2026 (IDV 2026), identity and cybersecurity leaders explore the emerging risks around AI agents, NHI management, identity governance, authorization, accountability and autonomous decision-making.🎤 SpeakersShriram Santhanan — Chief Cyber Officer, Human ManagedAndrej Safundzic — Co-Founder & CEO, LumosDon D’Souza — Director of Cybersecurity, Fannie MaeAshay Raut — Principal Engineer, Amazon🔐 What You’ll Learn• How AI agents are changing the NHI risk landscape• Why traditional identity governance and least privilege may not be enough• The challenges of AI agent identity, ownership and accountability• How to manage agent-to-agent identity, delegation and authorization• Why logging, guardrails and context-aware authorization are critical• The role of emerging standards in securing AI agents• How identity teams can prepare for autonomous and agentic AI⏱️ Chapters00:00–01:54 — The New NHI Risk Reality01:54–03:42 — Meet the Panel03:42–05:30 — Is Agentic AI a New NHI Risk?05:30–06:39 — The Three Types of AI Agents06:39–08:15 — The NHI Visibility Gap08:15–09:15 — Where Identity Standards Fall Short09:15–10:48 — Least Agency & Bounded Context10:48–12:45 — Accountability for AI Agent Decisions12:45–16:18 — Are AI Agents Creating Overprivileged NHIs?16:18–18:51 — Ownership, Logging & Chain of Custody18:51–21:24 — The “Crunchy Shell, Soft Center” Problem21:24–22:06 — Identity in Regulated Environments22:06–24:00 — Trusting AI Agents With Access Decisions24:00–25:45 — Should AI Agent Autonomy Be Earned?25:45–27:36 — Identity for Autonomous & Spawning Agents27:36–29:03 — Pre-Tool & Post-Tool Authorization29:03–30:00 — AI Agent Identity Standards to Watch30:00–32:12 — Context Management & AI-Powered Access Reviews32:12–34:00 — What Identity Teams Need to Do NowThe NHI & AI Identity Summit at IDV 2026 brings together leaders across identity, cybersecurity, IAM and AI security to explore how Non-Human Identities and agentic AI are reshaping enterprise security.Subscribe for more sessions from the NHI & AI Identity Summit at IDV 2026.#NHI #NonHumanIdentity #AgenticAI #IdentitySecurity #IDV2026