AI Agent Authorization: A Practical Architecture
How to authorize AI agents with explicit application identity, user consent, bounded credentials, and runtime enforcement.
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Axec Team
The Axec team builds identity, authorization, credential governance, and runtime controls for AI agents accessing enterprise systems.
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