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## Overview A growing wave of enterprises and vendors are extending identity and access governance frameworks to cover AI agents, treating them as first-class identities requiring the same oversight as human users. Recent examples include Vanderbilt University's extension of Okta-based identity governance to AI agents (SiliconANGLE, September 25) and Collibra's runtime governance tools for enterprise AI agents (SiliconANGLE, September 25). ## Key Details - Vanderbilt University uses OneVU, powered by Okta, for single sign-on across a complex environment including residential life, athletics, its police department, and over $1 billion in research operations; it is now extending this governance model to accommodate AI agents entering institutional workflows (SiliconANGLE, September 25). - Collibra is addressing runtime governance needs—both governing the business context agents receive and the boundaries they operate within—through products including Live Map, Maestro, Guardian Agents, and Agent Contracts (SiliconANGLE, September 25). - These efforts reflect a broader shift as autonomous agents move from answering questions to taking actions across enterprise systems (SiliconANGLE, September 25). ## Strategic Significance This is part of a fast-growing market category—enterprise AI agent identity and access governance—that includes numerous vendors (SailPoint/Entro, Xage Security, Zero Networks, Aviatrix, NewCore, Astrix Security, Arcade AI, Cyera). As enterprises deploy agentic AI at scale, controlling what agents can access, under what authorization, and with what audit trail becomes a critical security and compliance function—directly relevant to the FTC's stance on agent "autonomy" and liability. This is a durable, developing infrastructure story likely to keep generating deals, product launches, and incidents. ## Entities Involved - Vanderbilt University - Okta - Collibra - Neo4j (conference host, GraphSummit) - Enterprise IT/security buyers broadly