NIST and AI agents: 1Password’s approach to agent identity | 1Password
In response to NIST’s concept paper on AI agent identity, 1Password outlines its approach to agent identity, authorization, and secure architecture for AI agents.
by Jacob DePriest, Nancy Wang, Jeff Malnick April 8, 2026 - 6 min Related Categories Security AI NIST published a concept paper stating, “Organizations need to understand how identity principles such as identification, authentication, and authorization can apply to agents to provide appropriate protections while enabling business value.” This post, and the series that follows, is 1Password’s response to NIST’s call for input on how those principles should apply to agents. At 1Password, we approach security through simplicity. We are developing an agent identity architecture to simplify and enh
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