Introducing Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity: Securing agentic AI at scale

AWS has introduced Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity, a comprehensive identity and access management service designed specifically for AI agents. This new service addresses critical security challenges in deploying AI agents across enterprise environments.

• Provides secure authentication for AI agents accessing AWS and third-party resources
• Supports both inbound (who can access the agent) and outbound (what the agent can access) authentication
• Offers a secure token vault for managing OAuth tokens and API keys
• Implements dual authentication with support for JWT tokens and OAuth 2.0
• Enables agents to act on behalf of users with pre-authorized consent

AgentCore Identity simplifies the complex process of securing AI agents by providing a centralized identity management solution that integrates with existing enterprise identity systems and supports least-privilege access principles.