

AI Agents and Identity Management
43 snips Sep 13, 2025
Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO of Stytch, delves into identity management in AI, discussing its complexities amidst evolving technologies. She highlights the challenges of permissions and security as AI agents take on human tasks. The conversation covers innovative authentication strategies, including the need for layered verification and adapting systems with robust security. Julianna emphasizes experimenting with AI agents and suggests the importance of feedback mechanisms for seamless integration and optimal performance, all while navigating the future of identity standards.
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Identity Defined By Actions And Access
- Identity is an entity that performs actions and has access to resources, whether human, agent, or machine.
- Authentication verifies who the entity is and authorization controls what they can access.
Agents Sit Between Humans And Machines
- Agents sit between machines and humans: they act autonomously but need broad permissions to be useful.
- That combination raises unique risks because agents act faster and can cause rapid, large-scale damage if unchecked.
Use OAuth And MCP For Agent Access
- Adopt OAuth and MCP server patterns to expose APIs safely so agents can authenticate and obtain scoped access.
- Use standard consent flows to let humans grant limited permissions to agents for mass adoption.