Service Account Security in the Age of AI: From Legacy Accounts to Agentic Identities
Most organizations can't tell you how many service accounts they have, what they're doing, or when one has been compromised. That blind spot has existed for years and it's only getting worse. AI agents are joining your environment as non-human ident...
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Most organizations can't tell you how many service accounts they have, what they're doing, or when one has been compromised. That blind spot has existed for years and it's only getting worse.
AI agents are joining your environment as non-human identities, complete with privileges, access, and the ability to act autonomously. Microsoft's Entra Agent IDs formalize this shift, as AI agents are becoming first-class identities in your directory, and the attack surface is growing faster than most security teams realize.
In this session we'll show why securing non-human identities requires a fundamentally different playbook, and what that looks like in practice.
Expert Speaker
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Daryl Baker - Sr. Solutions Architect, NetwrixDarryl G. Baker is a Senior Solutions Architect at Netwrix and a recognized authority in Identity and Active Directory security. With over a decade of identity systems experience, he has led enterprise security assessments, identity security trainings, and threat emulations focused on Active Directory, Entra ID, and Azure environments. Darryl has delivered highly rated trainings and demos at BlueTeamCon, BSidesCT, The Experts Conference, and Wild Wild West Hackin’ Fest. He’s the architect behind numerous hands on attack emulation labs—leveraging current red team and blue team tools to help defenders master everything from attack path analysis to threat hunting. In his sessions, Darryl blends deep technical insight with real world case studies, empowering blue team professionals to strengthen their identity security posture and defend against evolving adversary techniques.
