https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes Dated notes on AI agent identity platforms and standards. en https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/descope-agentic-identity-hub-3 https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/descope-agentic-identity-hub-3 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Descope released Agentic Identity Hub 3.0 on 15 October 2026. It adds an Agentic Governance Suite where agents are requested, justified and approved with an accountable owner. The hub itself stays in the Free Forever tier, while the governance suite is Enterprise only. https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/cyera-completes-oasis-security https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/cyera-completes-oasis-security Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Cyera completed its acquisition of Oasis Security on 3 September 2026, at a reported value of $1 billion. The product now operates as Cyera Identity. It evaluates agent access per action and per purpose and issues ephemeral identities that end with each task. https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/okta-agent-sso-generally-available https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/okta-agent-sso-generally-available Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Okta made Agent SSO generally available on 24 August 2026, included in core Okta SSO at no extra cost. It is built on Cross App Access, which became the MCP Enterprise-Managed Authorization extension. It controls which apps an agent may reach, not each action it takes. https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/mcp-spec-2026-07-28 https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/mcp-spec-2026-07-28 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The 2026-07-28 MCP specification made the core stateless, added header routing for gateways and replaced Dynamic Client Registration with Client ID Metadata Documents. It also introduced extensions, including Enterprise-Managed Authorization. For agent identity, the registration change and gateway routing matter most. https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/cisco-astrix-and-sailpoint-entro https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/cisco-astrix-and-sailpoint-entro Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT On 29 June 2026, Cisco completed its acquisition of Astrix Security and SailPoint completed its acquisition of Entro. Both products are strongest at discovery and ownership. Both now sit inside larger companies, with no public price, which lowers their buying clarity scores in our review. https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/newcore-emerges-from-stealth https://bestaiagentidentity.com/notes/newcore-emerges-from-stealth Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT NewCore emerged from stealth on 15 June 2026 with $66M from Cyberstarts, Index Ventures and Evolution Equity Partners. It is an agent governance layer that runs alongside the identity provider a company already has. It leads our standings at 8.70, on runtime control and ownership.