Cisco's new Privileged Infrastructure Access uses identity-bound sessions and temporary permissions to govern work by administrators, AI agents and automation scripts.

Google's planned service combines isolated agent workspaces with rapid pause-and-resume operations, alongside expanded governance and token controls.

A survey of enterprise developers and managers finds widespread agent access alongside security worries, staging delays and AI-generated code that never reaches production.

Channel veteran Howard M. Cohen explains why written security baselines, repeatable onboarding and ongoing configuration checks can help MSPs protect customers while improving margins.