Okta-led alliance urges AI agent kill switches for businesses

The alliance outlines four key questions businesses must address: Where are my agents? What can they do? What are they doing? and How do I respond? It highlights the urgency of responding at machine speed, as agents can cause financial harm (e.g., infinite loops draining AI budgets) or security risks (e.g., credential theft). The alliance proposes using OAuth token revocation as a kill switch mechanism, enabled by the new IETF’s Identity Assertion Authorization Grant (IAAG) standard. Okta demonstrated tools like Shadow AI Agent Discovery and Identity Threat Protection to detect and neutralize rogue agents, revoking permissions or full access in seconds.