The rapid uptake of artificial intelligence across enterprises has created a new fault line in cybersecurity and exposed a widening gap between innovation and governance. As organisations within the Asia Pacific and Japan region race to deploy autonomous agents and AI copilots, many are discovering that their existing perimeter-based security guardrails are ill-equipped to manage the risks associated with this new class of AI-driven threat. What was once a largely human-centric discipline is now being redefined. Identity security, historically treated as a supporting function, is emerging as the foundational layer for safe AI adoption. At the centre of this shift is the rise of non-human identities (NHIs),...