Agent Identity

Agent Identity Series

Deep dives on identity and access management for AI agents — conceptual essays, protocol walkthroughs, and running demos.

Thinking Out Loud: Identity in Agentic Systems

Essays on what agent identity is, when workload identity is enough, and where single-trust-domain models break down.

Exploring AAuth — Agent Identity & Access Management

A full walkthrough of AAuth (Agent Auth), the exploratory protocol from Dick Hardt for identity and access management built specifically for AI agents. Why OAuth 2.1 falls short for agent workloads, what AAuth changes, and a working demo of the flows.

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Microsoft Entra Agent ID on Kubernetes

A 5-part comprehensive guide to standing up Microsoft Entra Agent ID on Kubernetes — workload identity, LLM and MCP server integration, and real on-behalf-of patterns wired up end-to-end with Agentgateway.

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Books I've Written

AI Gateways in the Enterprise O'Reilly Media (2025) With Peter Jausovec — patterns for putting LLMs and AI agents safely into production at enterprise scale. View book →

AI Agents in Kubernetes Solo.io report With Lin Sun — agentic workflows, security, identity, and state management for AI agents on Kubernetes. View book →

Istio in Action Manning (2022) With Rinor Maloku — a practical guide to the Istio service mesh — traffic, security, observability. View book →

Microservices for Java Developers O'Reilly Media (2nd ed., 2018) With Rafael Benevides — Spring Boot, MicroProfile, Docker, and Kubernetes for Java microservices. View book →