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This Thursday morning, multiple reports confirm a major push to secure AI systems across both government and enterprise. Both AiThority and PR.com highlight that companies like H2O.ai and CybrHawk are expanding their AI security offerings, with H2O.ai achieving the highest security designation for U.S. federal agencies, FedRAMP High Authorization, allowing it to handle the government's most sensitive data. The focus on AI security is broad. NVIDIA and Fortinet, as reported by Yahoo Finance, are partnering to protect enterprise AI workloads in real-time, using Fortinet's FortiAIGate solution for large language models. Pulse 2.0 adds that IBM is expanding its enterprise security program with new AI-driven capabilities and deepening its involvement in Project Glasswing to secure critical software infrastructure. What nobody expected is the rapid expansion of identity security for AI agents. Biometric Update and Quiver Quantitative both reveal that 1Password and Keycard are introducing tools to secure how AI coding agents handle credentials, with 1Password collaborating with OpenAI to inject secrets at runtime. Additionally, Varonis and SailPoint are integrating with the Claude Compliance API to enhance monitoring and governance of AI usage, providing visibility over AI platform access and guarding against "Shadow AI." This shift is so significant that Zscaler is set to acquire AI security firm Symmetry Systems, as reported by marketscreener.com and HPCwire, to enhance zero trust security for AI agents by creating an "access graph" for human and non-human identities. Okta is also expanding its "Okta for AI Agents" to support new agent ecosystems, positioning identity as the security layer for all access, according to Yahoo Finance UK. This means that as AI becomes more integrated into daily operations and even writes its own code, new layers of security are being rapidly deployed to protect your data and prevent misuse.