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Identity & Access Management(IAM)
Secure agent authentication, authorization, and identity verification
In 30 seconds
- What
- Verifies agent identity through certificates or tokens, enforces role-based permissions, and re-validates access at intervals or on sensitive operations.
- When to use
- Multi-tenant systems, regulated environments, or agents accessing sensitive data or making irreversible changes across multiple services.
- Watch out
- Overly strict policies can deadlock agent workflows; overly loose ones defeat the security purpose. Balance requires continuous monitoring.
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Identity & Access Management: Overview
Secure agent authentication, authorization, and identity verification
- Multi-factor authentication
- Role-based access control
- Single sign-on integration
- Identity federation
- Privileged access management
- Continuous authentication
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References
The papers, specifications, and repositories this pattern is based on.
- NIST Digital Identity Guidelines
- OAuth 2.0 Security Best Practices
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