AI Agents in Digital Governance: Securing Identity Futures

Published Date : 10/17/2025 

As AI agents become more prevalent, companies like Saviynt and Silverfort are leading the charge in identity security management. Discover how they are shaping the future of digital governance. 

The digital landscape is rapidly evolving, and one of the most significant changes is the rise of AI agents. These intelligent entities are transforming the way businesses operate, but they also introduce new challenges, particularly in identity security management. Companies like Saviynt and Silverfort are at the forefront of addressing these challenges, developing innovative solutions to manage and secure identities in the agentic era.

Saviynt, a leader in identity security, has recently announced an expansion of its Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) capabilities to cover all identities, including human, non-human, and AI. This move is aimed at enabling secure onboarding and management of applications, ensuring that enterprises can confidently adopt AI while maintaining full visibility, governance, and compliance.

In a press release, Saviynt highlighted the importance of their new capabilities in harnessing agentic AI to accelerate and simplify the integration of both connected and disconnected applications across hybrid environments. The ISPM upgrade for AI agents provides comprehensive visibility and audit readiness for AI agents and their core components, such as MCP servers and tools. Enhanced ISPM for Non-Human Identities (NHI) includes a unified inventory for all NHIs, their access policies, and detected violations, with one-click remediation.

Sachin Nayyar, CEO of Saviynt, emphasized the transformative impact of AI on enterprise security. 'AI is reshaping enterprise security at every level,' he said. 'Our latest AI innovations ensure that every identity is governed with the same rigor, context, and automation. With agentic AI onboarding and comprehensive identity security posture management across all identities, we’re enabling organizations to stay secure, compliant, and prepared for what’s next.'

Vibhuti Sinha, Saviynt’s chief product officer, added, 'Saviynt has always been at the forefront of identity innovation. While others are experimenting with AI overlays, we’re embedding AI natively into the fabric of identity security. This isn’t just about adding new features – it’s about delivering an end-to-end, AI-first platform that helps enterprises govern more effectively, scale seamlessly, and confidently embrace the future of digital business.'

Silverfort, another prominent player in the identity security market, has also announced the release of two new foundational capabilities for its identity security platform: Access Intelligence and Identity Graph & Inventory. These capabilities aim to close a longstanding market gap by delivering unmatched observability into the entire identity fabric, including identity storylines, effective privileges, and actual user access to resources across hybrid environments.

Silverfort’s platform offers a similar vision to Saviynt’s, promising 'end-to-end identity security for the enterprise, from a single unified platform,' which encompasses every type of identity, from humans to machines and AI agents. It 'discovers every identity, maps every access path, and enforces real-time security controls to stop any identity threat, block lateral movement, and prevent privilege escalation.' It shifts visibility from static, fragmented reports to dynamic, real-time maps of identities, entitlements, attributes, and relationships.

Hed Kovetz, Silverfort’s CEO, highlighted the urgent need for a unified platform in the face of evolving threats. 'The evolving threats around AI, non-human identities, and privileged access require a unified platform that can discover, analyze, and protect all identities, everywhere,' he said. 'Between the countless point solutions offered by startups and ad hoc solutions cobbled together through add-ons from legacy vendors, organizations struggle to solve the identity security problem.'

The identity security market is experiencing significant growth, with Gartner defining the Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platform (IVIP) market category as 'products that integrate IAM-relevant data rapidly, present it in a single, consistent view, and enhance it with advanced analytics to improve both security and business enablement.' This growth is further supported by findings from SailPoint’s 2025 Horizons of Identity Report, which states that 'enterprises that unify identity as the control point, strengthen data practices, and advance security controls achieve higher ROI and greater AI readiness.'

Identity has become the enterprise’s nerve center, coordinating access, powering automation, and enabling real-time decisions and threat management across systems and users – both human and non-human. As identity shifts from a foundational control to the new frontier of security, it has emerged as the central control point in outperforming organizations – where critical decisions are made, policies are enforced, and security operations converge.

The hype around identity security is real, and companies are busy developing end-to-end systems to handle the increasing number of AI agents loose in the digital ecosystem. For now, the agentic tide keeps rising, and the future of digital governance looks promising. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS): 

Q: What is Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM)?

A: Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) is a comprehensive approach to managing and securing identities in an organization. It ensures that all identities, including human, non-human, and AI, are governed with the same rigor, context, and automation.

Q: How does Saviynt’s ISPM handle AI agents?

A: Saviynt’s ISPM upgrade for AI agents provides comprehensive visibility and audit readiness for AI agents and their core components. It includes a unified inventory for all Non-Human Identities (NHI), their access policies, and detected violations, with one-click remediation.

Q: What are the new capabilities announced by Silverfort?

A: Silverfort has announced two new foundational capabilities for its identity security platform: Access Intelligence and Identity Graph & Inventory. These capabilities provide unmatched observability into the entire identity fabric, including identity storylines, effective privileges, and actual user access to resources across hybrid environments.

Q: Why is identity security becoming a top ROI generator in the security stack?

A: Identity security is becoming a top ROI generator because it unifies identity as the control point, strengthens data practices, and advances security controls. This results in higher ROI and greater AI readiness for enterprises.

Q: What is the Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platform (IVIP) market category?

A: The Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platform (IVIP) market category, defined by Gartner, includes products that integrate IAM-relevant data rapidly, present it in a single, consistent view, and enhance it with advanced analytics to improve both security and business enablement. 

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