ToolsThe story, in brief
Idira launches as Palo Alto Networks extends CyberArk tech to machine and agentic identities
Palo Alto just shipped identity controls for AI agents. Here's why every enterprise security team needs to care.
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Why it matters
As AI agents move into production across enterprises, identity and access control become critical infrastructure. Palo Alto's Idira represents the first major attempt to extend privileged access management from humans and machines to agentic systems—a capability gap that's only widening as deployment scales.
The key facts
5 to knowPalo Alto Networks launches Idira identity platform
Manages human, machine, and AI agent identities under single PAM framework
Built on CyberArk technology (acquired February 2026 for $25B)
Extends privileged access management to agentic identities
Enterprise-focused security product launch
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Publisher excerpt: Palo Alto Networks Inc. today launched Idira, a new identity security platform designed to manage human, machine and artificial intelligence agent identities across the enterprise under a single privileged access management framework. Idira incorporates technology from CyberArk Software Ltd., the…