Okta ISPM Agent Discovery Launches: Four-Stage Shadow AI Governance (Discover→Register→Protect→Govern) Gives Enterprises Visibility Into Unauthorized Agents

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Okta expanded Identity Security Posture Management with Agent Discovery, enabling organizations to surface shadow AI agents, map their blast radius, assign human owners, and enforce baseline security policies — the four-stage 'shadow-to-governed' pipeline. Available first in the US (EMEA Q2 2026), it directly addresses the 'agent identity dark matter' problem where autonomous agents operate outside IT governance frameworks. Enterprise buyer survey data shows AI agent security has become a top procurement criterion, shifting the market from chatbot governance to autonomous agent lifecycle management.