Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that operate autonomously, executing tasks, making decisions, and interacting with other systems without direct human intervention — creating.
Archives: Glossary Terms
Access Management
Access Management is the process of authenticating and authorizing users and machines to access systems, applications, and APIs — ensuring only the right identities can.
Access Key
An access key is a unique string of characters used to authenticate and authorize access to a system, service, or resource — commonly used by.
Zero Standing Privilege
Zero Standing Privilege is the security goal of eliminating all persistent privileged access — ensuring no account has always-on elevated rights, with all privilege granted.
Zero Trust Architecture
Zero Trust is a security paradigm based on the principle never trust, always verify — eliminating implicit trust based on network location and requiring continuous.
Standing Privileges
Standing privileges are persistent, always-active elevated access rights that exist regardless of whether they are currently needed — the opposite of JIT access and a.
SOX Compliance for Identity
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requires public companies to maintain strong internal controls over financial reporting, with specific identity security requirements around access to financial systems.
Single Sign-On
SSO allows users to authenticate once and gain access to multiple applications and systems without re-entering credentials for each one — reducing password fatigue and.
Segregation of Duties
Segregation of Duties (SoD) is a control that ensures no single person has end-to-end control over a critical business process — requiring multiple people for.
Service Account
A service account is a non-human identity used by applications, scripts, and services to authenticate and interact with other systems — often with elevated privileges.