Okta, Inc. (headquartered in San Francisco, U.S.), a provider of identity management services, today announced expanded capabilities for Okta for AI Agents to support new agent ecosystems, integrate with any identity provider (IdP), and enable access governance for enterprise resources. The update includes an integration with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) agent platform. This enables identity lifecycle management for AI agents built on AWS and introduces support for IdPs beyond Okta. With these capabilities, organizations can centrally discover, onboard, secure, and govern AI agents regardless of the types of AI agents they deploy, the identity platforms they use, or the resources those agents connect to. Ely Kahn, Chief Product Officer at Okta, said: “Security and IT leaders need better ways to know exactly where AI agents exist, what they connect to, and what they can do. Because AI agents are built on diverse platforms and deployed across distributed environments, agentic enterprises do not fit into a single-vendor ecosystem. Okta for AI Agents is a neutral platform built to secure the entire AI agent lifecycle, from initial discovery and onboarding to continuous protection and governance.” Background and significance According to Gartner, by 2028 the average global Fortune 500 enterprise is expected to use more than 150,000 AI agents. However, existing security and governance models are already reaching their limits: 90% of enterprise agents are over-permissioned, and 53% have access to sensitive information. Enterprises need to maintain visibility and control over the rapid growth of AI agents, ensuring managed identities, consistent access policies, and emergency shutdown mechanisms. This challenge is further complicated by the speed of change in AI. The model landscape is constantly shifting, and platform adoption patterns continue to evolve. For organizations using multiple platforms, a unified identity layer that works across ecosyste