Term · 27. Emerging Categories 2024-2026
AI Agent Credential Lifecycle Management
Definition
Specialised lifecycle workflows for AI agent credentials — provisioning short-lived tokens scoped to specific tasks, rotating credentials on policy schedule, auto-revoking when the originating user's session ends, and audit-trailing every credential issuance to its parent agent and originating principal.
- Synonyms
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- AI Agent Secrets Management
- Agentic AI Credential Rotation
- Application
- Regulatory: Gartner Magic Quadrant / Hype Cycle · OWASP NHI Top 10 (2025) / SAMM
- Standards & regulations
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- Gartner
- OWASP
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