Orphaned AI Agents: How to Find Hidden Access Risks Inside Your Network

Summary: The article describes orphaned AI agents - tools left running after the employee who created them leaves the company - and standing privileges, where an agent keeps permanent, unrestricted access to sensitive databases and source code after the human's credentials are revoked. It says traditional access tools treat AI like static software and cannot tell whose identity an agent is borrowing, so they cannot judge whether an action is malicious.
Key Takeaway: The developer who built the automation may have left months ago, but the access token has not - and the article's point is that most enterprises cannot name the person who authorized a given agent.

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