In recent years, the Zero Trust concept of cybersecurity where users and devices are subjected to multiple levels of authentication was thought to be the final answer to protecting data and intellectual property. But now artificial intelligence (AI) and especially agentic AI — where bots crawl through networks sometimes with a mind on their own to complete assigned tasks — is forcing the Defense Department and Intelligence Community (IC) to rethink how it implements Zero Trust at the enterprise level, according to the IC’s chief information officer. Because agentic AI is designed to operate autonomously, it may need broad access to data, tools, and systems, making identity and precisely controlled permissions increasingly important to the government’s Zero Trust strategy.

Full report : A top Intelligence Community official said the government may need to develop digital birth certificates for AI agents.