Descope Launches New Agentic Identity Hub 3.0
The platform introduces automated governance, auditing, and identity verification for internal AI agents.
Updated on Oct. 15, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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Descope has released Agentic Identity Hub 3.0, a new platform designed to bring governance and policy enforcement to internal AI agents and MCP servers. The system replaces static secrets with cryptographic keys and certificates to streamline authentication workflows.
Why it matters
As organizations rush to adopt automation, many bypass critical oversight, with nearly half of businesses skipping governance to meet deployment demands. This platform attempts to restore accountability by requiring agents to pass a review process before gaining access to enterprise resources.
The hub supports authentication via certificates rather than static secrets and integrates with MCP gateways to manage over 1,000 servers. It enforces a formal onboarding workflow for the projected 150,000 agents per enterprise expected by 2028.
The players
Descope
Descope is a cybersecurity company that provides authentication and identity management services for developers and enterprise applications.
Gartner
Gartner is a global research and advisory firm that provides insights and data for leaders in IT, finance, and other business sectors.
EY
EY is a multinational professional services network that provides audit, consulting, and strategy services to global businesses.
The details
The Agentic Governance Suite requires agents to undergo a strict review process before provisioning, while the ID-JAG issuance allows them to authenticate via an existing identity provider. These tools create a centralized policy enforcement layer that tracks activity for internal agents that previously lacked oversight.
Timeline
In 2025, Fortune 500 enterprises had fewer than 15 AI agents in use.
Descope announced the release of Agentic Identity Hub 3.0 on October 15, 2026.
Fortune 500 enterprises are projected to utilize 150,000 agents by 2028.
The Tech Race
This release directly addresses the chaotic expansion of internal AI agents, a shift from the 15 agents per company seen in 2025 toward a future of 150,000. It marks an attempt to formalize security in a sector where, according to the EY survey on AI governance process bypasses, only 13% of firms currently feel their governance is correct.
Engineers and security teams can move away from managing insecure static secrets by adopting certificate-based authentication through this hub. The platform provides a centralized dashboard to track and audit agents, reducing the manual burden of maintaining inventory for thousands of internal AI tools.
The takeaway
Enterprise AI governance is shifting from a neglected task to a mandatory operational requirement as agent counts scale into the hundreds of thousands. Organizations should prioritize inventory management and automated authentication to ensure security does not collapse under the speed of deployment.
Further reading
For broader trends in enterprise automation, visit our Artificial Intelligence section.
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