In an era of digital transformation, healthcare cybersecurity is mission-critical, impacting patient safety and operational resilience. By prioritizing foundational security strategies, healthcare cybersecurity leaders can navigate evolving threats and regulatory demands, ensuring safer, more resilient care environments.

As agents scale, questions of accountability, authorization and oversight move from theoretical to existential. This article explores why identity infrastructure has become the hidden bottleneck to scaling agentic AI, and why governance isn't slowing innovation — it's what makes it possible.