Diagram showing a reader and a publisher sharing one agent and getting the same three tools

AI Agent Tools Are Entitlements. Govern Them Like It.

Per-user OAuth answers who the user is. It doesn’t answer which tools they should get through the agent. Treat each tool as an entitlement, requested, approved, reviewed, and revoked like any other access.

AI AgentsSeptember 18, 2026 · 6 min · 1194 words · Prithvi Poreddy

The Bottleneck Was Never the Tooling

SSO onboarding is slow because of the queue, not the tooling. A working prototype shows the routine path does not need an administrator, and the one checkpoint that should stay human.

Identity GovernanceSeptember 14, 2026 · 6 min · 1216 words · Prithvi Poreddy
SSF, CAEP, RISC, and SCIM Events: Zero Trust signaling standards

SSF, CAEP, RISC, and SCIM Events: the standards turning Zero Trust from a principle into a reality

A practical breakdown of how SSF, CAEP, RISC, and SCIM Events work together to close the gap between Zero Trust as a principle and Zero Trust as a functioning architecture.

Continuous AccessMarch 5, 2026 · 6 min · 1172 words · Prithvi Poreddy

When SaaS Vendors Control Your Identity: Email Serves Two Masters

Practical strategies for maintaining immutable identifier architecture internally while working within SaaS platform constraints that require email as the primary identifier.

IAM ArchitectureNovember 19, 2025 · 4 min · 785 words · Prithvi Poreddy

Stop Treating Email Addresses as Identifiers

Email addresses as identifiers create security risks, audit gaps, and technical debt. Learn the three-layer approach to proper identity management.

IAM ArchitectureNovember 8, 2025 · 6 min · 1118 words · Prithvi Poreddy

Access Reviews Are Broken: How to Fix Them

A practical guide to redesigning access reviews that actually reduce risk by aligning with how people think and work, not just compliance checkboxes.

Identity GovernanceOctober 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1122 words · Prithvi Poreddy

UTCP, MCP, and the Missing Identity Layer

An analysis of how UTCP and MCP both fail to address the fundamental challenge of identity and trust for AI agents, and what’s needed to fix it.

AI AgentsOctober 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1270 words · Prithvi Poreddy

Making Sense of Identity's Alphabet Soup: ISPM, IVIP, and ITDR

A comprehensive guide to understanding how ISPM, IVIP, and ITDR work together to provide posture, visibility, and response for complete identity defense.

IAM ArchitectureOctober 8, 2025 · 8 min · 1588 words · Prithvi Poreddy

Beyond IAM: Architecting Identity for Workloads and AI Agents

From traditional IAM to cloud-native workloads and autonomous agents, the production architecture patterns that make identity the control plane across every identity type.

AI AgentsSeptember 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1487 words · Prithvi Poreddy

What Is an Identity? Defining Digital Principals in the Age of AI

A foundational exploration of how data, credentials, and runtime transform into authenticatable digital identities.

AI AgentsSeptember 15, 2025 · 5 min · 1012 words · Prithvi Poreddy