Legacy IAM was built for humans — and AI agents now outnumber them 82 to 1

Source: VentureBeat

Overview

Active Directory, LDAP, and early PAM were built for humans. AI agents and machines were the exception. Today, they outnumber people 82 to 1, and that human‑first identity model is breaking down at machine speed. AI agents are the fastest‑growing and least‑governed class of these machine identities …