What is Orchid Security Identity Drift Detection & Agent Kill Switch?

Identity and access management is the set of policies and technologies meant to make sure the right users have the appropriate access to technology resources. AI agents are software that acts on its own; Orchid argues they can find and use accounts and permissions already left around a company, such as orphaned accounts or excessive permissions, faster than periodic reviews can detect. Orchid Security Identity Drift Detection & Agent Kill Switch is a set of controls from Orchid Security, which describes itself as an identity-first security platform. The maker describes the controls as comparing an agent's actual behavior with its original purpose and authorized scope, flagging when it drifts, and letting an organization cut off the authority the agent operates through. Orchid announced them in September 2026.

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