IBM and Nvidia link AI agent identity to runtime access controls

AI agents are getting jobs. Now they are getting ID badges, too. IBM and Nvidia have announced an integration between IBM’s Agent Identity solution and Nvidia’s Open Agent Safety Platform, known as OASP. The goal is simple to describe and hard to pull off: make sure every autonomous AI agent is identified, scoped and watched while it works. What IBM and Nvidia are actually building IBM’s Agent Identity entered public preview on September 1, 2026. The integration with Nvidia was highlighted on September 28, 2026, less than a month later. The basic idea treats each AI agent like a new employee. It gets registered, receives a unique identity, and is handed only the access it needs for a specific task. That access does not last forever. The system issues scoped, temporary tokens, so permissions expire instead of piling up quietly in the background. For the credentials themselves, the integration uses HashiCorp Vault. Vault generates dynamic, short-lived credentials for agents, which means a stolen key is only useful for a narrow window. Red Hat OpenShift handles the infrastructure side. It manages heterogeneous cloud environments, the messy mix of platforms most large companies actuall...