Secret Agent, Ma’am: New Rules For AI Access Management

Wednesday, August 20, 2025
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
AI Risk Summit Track 1 (Salon I)

About This Session

How many identities should an AI agent be allowed to have? And how does authentication work when the agent is representing other identities? In this session we’ll talk about different risk-based approaches to a new breed of account, its entitlements, and the looming trap door we call delegation.

Speaker

Wendy Nather

Wendy Nather

Senior Research Initiatives Director - 1Password

Wendy Nather is the Senior Research Initiatives Director at 1Password. She was previously the Director of Advisory CISOs at Duo Security, Research Director at the Retail ISAC, and Research Director of the Information Security Practice at 451 Research. Wendy led IT security for the EMEA region of the investment banking division of Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS) and served as CISO of the Texas Education Agency. She was inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame in 2021. Wendy serves on the Board of Directors for Sightline Security, is on the Steering Committee for the IST Ransomware Task Force, and is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative.