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Govern 02 · The door IBM i desk Oct 28, 2026

IBM gives AI agents their own identity record and short-lived credentials

IBM made Agent Identity and Vault 2.2 generally available at TechXchange, so each agent gets an owner, a lifecycle and scoped, short-lived credentials that can be revoked the moment it steps out of bounds. IBM i shops letting agents reach Db2 for i should stop handing them a shared user profile: give each agent its own profile with least authority, expiring credentials, and a named owner who can switch it off.

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