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Stop Credentialing Your AI Agents Like It's 2019

DEV.to AIΒ·May 6, 2026

This article highlights the security risk posed by the mismatch between the short lifespan of AI agents and the long lifespan of their credentials. It advocates for using a broker to issue task-scoped, short-lived credentials at an agent's spawn time to prevent credential sprawl and reduce the attack surface.

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