World ↗Canonical event
Google Cloud makes agent identity a first-class principal
Google Cloud described Agent Identity as a dedicated first-class principal distinct from human identities and generic service accounts, with cryptographic protection and strong attestation; Agent Identity for Agent Runtime was generally available.
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- Identity, scoped authorization, credential brokering, per-agent audit attribution, gateway enforcement and sandbox boundaries are converging into an integrated control plane for consequential agent action.supported inference
- Agent identity has matured into a first-class cloud principal with cryptographic attestation, agent-specific IAM treatment and lifecycle-bound identity rather than relying only on inherited human or generic service-account identity.supported inference