Organizations deploying AI agents face a new security challenge: autonomous systems that can access data, execute tasks, and interact with applications without traditional oversight. Okta for AI Agents addresses this by treating agents as first-class identities within a unified governance platform. The system manages the complete lifecycle of AI agents, from initial creation through retirement, with capabilities including shadow agent discovery that automatically exposes unmanaged agents operating in the organization. It enforces runtime authorization for machine-speed decisions, provides instant revocation when needed, and maintains detailed audit trails showing delegation chains. Pricing starts at $6 per month for the Starter tier with basic SSO and MFA, scaling to $17 per month for Essentials with adaptive authentication and lifecycle management. Professional and Enterprise tiers require direct inquiry and add features like device access and Machine-to-Machine Tokens.
This solution serves developers building custom AI agents, security teams responsible for organizational risk management, and IT teams overseeing both vendor-provided and internally developed agent deployments. The need is urgent: 91% of organizations already use AI agents, yet 44% have no governance in place, and 80% have experienced unintended agent behavior. Security teams dealing with the 23% credential exposure rate through agents will find the rogue agent detection and scope lockdown features particularly relevant. Organizations running both workforce-facing and customer-facing AI implementations can manage all agent types through a single control plane.
The system tackles what Okta calls "Shadow AI"—autonomous agents operating without visibility or control, similar to how Shadow IT created security gaps in traditional environments. Security teams can answer three fundamental questions: where agents exist across the organization, what resources they can access, and what actions they're authorized to perform. Developers integrate through Auth0 when building new agents, while IT teams connect existing third-party agents and enforce need-to-know access policies. Human-in-the-loop controls allow organizations to require approval for sensitive operations, while verified delegation ensures agents only act within their assigned scope. This solution connects to cloud applications, on-premises systems, and APIs, creating a complete view of agent activity across the entire technology stack.
