ConductorOne's 2026 Future of
Identity Report
AI agents have moved from roadmap to reality. 95% of organizations now report autonomous agents performing IT or security tasks, yet more than a quarter say their existing identity tools were never designed for AI.
The 2026 Future of Identity Report is the first look at what happens when autonomous execution outpaces legacy security models and why identity is becoming the system that determines who and what can act.
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The big story? AI agents are already doing the work.
AI agents are approving access, monitoring risk, and executing workflows across enterprise environments today, not tomorrow. As more autonomous actors gain access and authority, identity becomes the system that governs how machine-speed decisions stay aligned with policy and control.
report AI agents performing autonomous IT or security tasks
say existing identity tools were not designed for AI agents
say non-human identities outnumber human users
experienced at least one access-related breach in the past year
What you'll find inside
- Autonomous execution is accelerating faster than security models
- Non-human identities are expanding the attack surface
- Identity is shifting from IT tooling to real-time security infrastructure
- Policy-driven access is replacing static permissions