Michael Trites is Mr NHI's Human Identity In The Hot Seat

Enterprises are deploying AI agents at machine speed — but governance and identity security aren’t keeping pace. Michael Trites, Senior VP of Global Sales at Aembit, tackles 10 fast-paced questions on the rise of AI-driven identities, the expanding NHI threat landscape, and why organisations are repeating familiar security mistakes as autonomous systems scale. Should AI agents be governed like employees with assigned accountability, or treated purely as software identities? Are security teams giving AI systems privileged access too quickly? And when an AI agent is compromised, does anyone truly own the incident response? 🔑 Key Takeaways: • AI agents are becoming highly privileged non-human identities with limited oversight • Existing IAM and PAM frameworks were not designed for autonomous AI access patterns • The rush to operationalise AI is creating governance gaps that attackers are beginning to exploit In this short-form discussion, Michael Trites shares perspectives on identity-first security, machine access governance, and why AI agents are rapidly becoming one of the biggest emerging challenges in cybersecurity. #CyberSecurity #Aembit #IdentitySecurity #NHI #AIAgents #MachineIdentity #ZeroTrust #IAM