Resources

AI | InfoSec | Machine IAM | News

Railway Encrypted Its Customers’ Secrets but Attackers Decrypted Them Anyway

Summary: Railway’s October 2026 breach exposed a critical limitation of encryption at rest: attackers who compromise the systems authorized to decrypt secrets can obtain plaintext without breaking the encryption itself. Railway confirmed that some customer environment variables were decrypted, with up to 100,000 workspaces potentially affected. The incident also disrupted deployments and triggered widespread credential […]

AI | Machine IAM

SPIFFE for AI Agents: Workload Identity and the Access Problem

SPIFFE and SPIRE give AI agents verifiable workload identities. See how Akeyless protects signing keys, brokers short-lived access, and governs actions.

AI | Machine IAM | Security

The Myth of the Solved Secret: Why Credentials Are AI’s Most Dangerous Vulnerability

Summary AI security discussions often focus on prompt injection, model vulnerabilities, and patching. But one of the most immediate risks is much more familiar: compromised credentials. AI agents require credentials to access enterprise systems and can also discover credentials exposed elsewhere. Because agents operate at machine speed and scale, even short-lived credentials can provide enough […]

Machine IAM

Gartner on AI Agent Security: The Case for Runtime Authorization

Summary: AI agent security requires controls that govern what agents actually do, even when they have legitimate access. A new Gartner report makes the case for independent runtime authorization that evaluates agent actions as they happen. Here’s why traditional identity and secrets management fall short, and how Akeyless Agentic Runtime Authority addresses the gaps. On […]

Akeyless Achieves FedRAMP Class D (High) Certification to Bring Modern Identity Security and AI Agent Safeguards to Federal Agencies

FedRAMP Certification through Second Front gives federal agencies a validated path to protect sensitive systems and data amid the shift toward machine and AI-driven access.

Webinar

Akeyless Brings AI Agent Identity Security to Federal Agencies

FedRAMP-Certified Security for Machine Identities, Secrets, and AI Agents

AI | Security

EU AI Act Compliance: Mapping Identity Security Controls

The European Union’s AI Act is the world’s first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence. It takes a risk-based approach, applying stricter obligations to AI systems that could significantly affect people’s safety or fundamental rights. The regulation entered into force on August 1, 2024, with requirements phased in over time. Some provisions are already enforceable, […]

AI | Machine IAM

Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) and Just-in-Time (JIT) Access: The New Security Standard for the AI Era

Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) and Just-in-Time (JIT) access eliminate persistent credentials by granting access only when needed, for a specific task, and for a limited time.

AI | Machine IAM | Security

The Limits of Vaulting AI Agent Credentials

Quick Answer: Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 showed how a prompt-injected AWS AgentCore agent could steal and replay a credential even though it was securely stored in AgentCore Identity. The research exposes a broader problem with AI agent security: protecting credentials at rest and in transit is not enough if they become readable inside the […]

Security

2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management

2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management Akeyless Recognized in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for PAM Privileged access is evolving beyond traditional human administrators. Machines, workloads, automation, and AI agents increasingly require access to critical systems and data, creating new demands for how organizations secure, govern, and audit privileged activity. Akeyless was recognized […]

Competitor | DevOps | InfoSec

Akeyless vs. BeyondTrust: Modernizing PAM for the Cloud Era

Explore BeyondTrust alternatives and learn how Akeyless unifies secrets, access, and encryption in a cloud-native PAM platform built on Zero-Knowledge security.

Webinar

The 47-Day Certificate Era: Are Your Machine Identities Ready?

See how GlobalSign + Akeyless automate trust, certificate lifecycles, and machine identity security at scale