Tech Talk | The AI Accountability Gap: Tethering Autonomous Agents to Human Owners
Date: Tuesday, June 30 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET
As organizations deploy AI assistants, coding agents, copilots, and autonomous workflows, a fundamental governance question is emerging: Who is accountable when an
AI system accesses data, makes decisions, or takes action on behalf of the business?
Many organizations can identify the users accessing their systems. Far fewer can trace AI-driven activity back to the human who authorized it. As AI agents become increasingly capable and autonomous, that accountability gap creates new security, compliance, and governance challenges.
Join SailPoint for a discussion of how security teams can establish visibility and accountability across their growing AI ecosystems. We'll explore practical approaches for discovering AI usage, understanding what data AI systems can access, and connecting AI activity to the individuals responsible for deploying and managing those tools.
In this session, you'll learn:
- Why traditional security controls fall short. Explore why conventional approaches to identity and access management were not designed for autonomous AI agents, and what organizations must do differently.
- How to discover and govern AI activity. Learn how security teams can identify AI tools, agents, and services operating across their environments, assess associated risks, and apply appropriate governance controls.
- How to connect AI actions to human accountability. Understand approaches for linking AI systems and machine identities to the people who authorize, manage, and oversee them.
- How to gain visibility without disrupting operations. Examine practical strategies for improving AI governance and oversight without introducing significant infrastructure changes or operational friction.
AI may be autonomous, but accountability cannot be. Join us to explore how security teams can build the visibility and governance needed to support AI adoption at enterprise scale.
Register now!
About the presenters:
Lori Robinson, Vice President, Identity Market Growth, SailPoint Technologies
Lori Robinson is a VP of Strategy and Market Research at SailPoint where she leads a team of individuals responsible for developing and evangelizing SailPoint’s corporate and product strategy. Lori has over 15 years of experience in the identity and access management industry. Prior to joining SailPoint, she was a Managing Vice President at Gartner where covered the identity governance and administration, privileged access management, and consumer IAM markets. She also served as a Managing Vice President for Gartner’s data management team where she led a team of experts covering databases, data integration, and data governance technologies. Lori is a recognized industry thought leader, speaker, and publisher. She is passionate about advancing opportunities for women in IT and has led various user groups, round tables, and events for women in identity.
James Honey, Director, Product Marketing, SailPoint Technologies
James Honey is a Director, Product Marketing with SailPoint Technologies. He has more than 20 years of experience in IT technologies ranging from security, cloud, and data center infrastructure spanning SMBs to large enterprise environments. In his current role, James is focused on helping companies understand how identity security is critical to securing their business and their data.
Moderated by:
John K. Waters, Editor at Large, Redmondmag.com
As the Editor in Chief in the Converge360 group of 1105 Media, journalist and author John K. Waters manages leading news sites focused on worldwide technology trends, from artificial intelligence to the software development lifecycle.