Identity: The most underexamined source of security debt

Security debt is accumulating most rapidly within an organization's identity infrastructure through unmanaged accounts, excessive permissions, and fragmented systems. This risk is being significantly accelerated by the rise of AI agents, which introduce ungoverned non-human identities that can be exploited at machine speed. To mitigate this, organizations must treat identity management as a continuous, high-priority business practice rather than a simple IT housekeeping task.