AI Agent Identity Explained: SPIFFE, SPIRE and OPA Instead of API Keys
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Many AI agents still run on a static API key: long-lived, and hard to rotate. It's a bearer secret, not bound to anything. Whoever copies it can act as your agent. The fix is a passport that expires within the hour. SPIFFE, SPIRE, SVIDs, OPA, Rego. Alphabet soup. One airport analogy makes it click,…
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- 2026-10-24 23:07 · DEV Community — AI
AI Agent Identity Explained: SPIFFE, SPIRE and OPA Instead of API Keys