RSA Launches Agent ID to Discover and Govern Shadow AI Agents in Enterprise Environments

RSA has launched Agent ID, a security product designed to discover, authenticate, and govern AI agents operating inside enterprise environments, targeting what RSA estimates are thousands of shadow AI agents running without IT visibility. The product addresses a growing enterprise security gap as AI agent deployments proliferate faster than governance frameworks can track them, with RSA citing a case where a single bad prompt caused a company's Salesforce environment to fail. Agent ID is built for regulated industries where auditability and access control around automated agents are compliance requirements, not optional features. For developers deploying agents in enterprise contexts, this signals that agent identity and permissions management is becoming a first-class security concern that will shape how agents are provisioned and credentialed. The product reflects a broader industry shift toward treating AI agents as identity principals requiring the same governance as human users or service accounts.