OpenID Foundation advances authorization for the agent era with new AuthZEN Working Group Drafts
As the identity community gathers at Identiverse 2026, authorization is emerging as one of the defining challenges of the agent era. The OpenID Foundation is pleased to share a significant step forward. The AuthZEN Working Group has approved the AuthZEN Access Request and Approval Profile (AARP) and AuthZEN Profile for Model Context Protocol Tool Authorization […]
JumpCloud joins the OIDF as a Sustaining Corporate Member
The OpenID Foundation is pleased to welcome JumpCloud as a new Sustaining Corporate Member. JumpCloud is the AI-powered unified IT management platform designed to secure the modern workforce. By consolidating identity, device, and access management, JumpCloud provides intelligent, secure IT that scales from human users to autonomous AI agents.. JumpCloud helps organizations around the globe […]
New whitepaper tackles AI agent identity challenges
The OpenID Foundation has today released a critical new whitepaper addressing one of the most pressing challenges facing organizations deploying AI agents – how to securely authenticate and authorize these autonomous systems while maintaining proper governance and accountability. Identity Management for Agentic AI: The new frontier of authorization, authentication, and security for an AI agent […]