Secure the Future of Agentic AI with WSO2 Agent ID
First-class identity for AI agents and secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) interactions. Establish trust, governance, and complete visibility across your AI ecosystem.
The agentic AI security gap
Autonomous AI agents pose a critical security gap for transitional IAM systems due to their unique characteristics.
Autonomy
They operate with varying independence, often without human oversight.
Dynamic decision making
They make real-time decisions impacting business and data.
Complex access
They rapidly scale to access multiple systems (APIs, databases, tools) for complex tasks across the organization.
AI agents need distinct identities that are equally governed, secured, and
auditable as humans.
The solution: WSO2 Agent ID
Agent-first identity
Agents are distinct entities, not just extensions of humans.
Zero-trust architecture
Assume no implicit trust. Every agent must authenticate; every action must be authorized.
Standards-based
Built on proven protocols (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SCIM2) rather than proprietary silos.
Enterprise governance
Full life-cycle control, policy management, and compliance readiness.
The four fundamentals of
agent identity
WSO2 Agent ID is architected on four foundational pillars that address the complete lifecycle of
AI agent security.
Administer
Provision and govern AI agent identities with the same rigor applied to human user accounts.
- First-class identity: Agents are distinct, traceable entities, allowing granular activity tracking and permission management.
- SCIM2 integration: Agent provisioning leverages SCIM protocol (with agent extensions) to integrate into your existing identity framework.
- Rich metadata: Identities include metadata (owner, purpose, risk level) to inform security decisions throughout the agent's lifecycle.
Authorize
Enforce the principle of least privilege for agents.
- Context-aware policies: Authorization evaluates real-time policies based on agent metadata, user consents, and risk signals.
- Delegation support: Tokens include delegation info, specifying if the agent acts on its own or a user's behalf.
- Granular control: Restrict a data analysis agent to "read-only" access, while limiting a transaction agent to specific financial caps.
Authenticate
Prove agent legitimacy without relying on human intervention.
- Machine-to-machine focus: Mechanisms designed for autonomous operation, eliminating human intervention in token bootstrapping.
- Strong cryptography: MTLS and Private Key JWT support ensure high-assurance authentication.
- Flexible credentialing: Offers simple API keys for low-risk internal agents and complex multi-factor flows for high-value external agents.
Audit
Maintain a complete, immutable record of agent activity.
- Distinguishable actions: Agent actions are logged separately from human user trails.
- Anomaly detection: Known agent identity allows security teams to define baseline behaviors and receive alerts for deviations (e.g., unusual access or privilege escalation).
- Compliance: Generate reports that satisfy AI accountability and transparency regulatory requirements.
Securing the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
As AI agents evolve from simple chatbots to action-takers, they increasingly rely on MCP to connect
LLMs with data and tools.
WSO2 Agent ID serves as the authoritative security plane for your
MCP ecosystem.
Standardized authorization (OAuth 2.1)
Agent ID defines who can connect enforcing OAuth 2.1 for all MCP interactions.
Tool-level access control
Agent ID can enforce tool-level access.
User-delegated consent
Agent ID can intercept and verify user consent, keeping humans in the loop.
Developer Tools
MCP Server
Configure identity security using natural language directly from your IDE.
Open MCP Auth Proxy
A lightweight, open source proxy that adds enterprise-grade authorization to any MCP server instantly, without rewriting your code.
WSO2 is not just a
solution provider
We are helping to shape standards and best practices by participating in industry standards bodies, and are among the first IAM vendors to ship production-ready AI agent support.