- AI agents have access to credentials in their workflows
- This can cause credentials to be entered into LLMs without the user’s knowledge.
- 1Password has created a secure solution for this problem
AI agents are becoming prolific across industries, giving employees an easy way to automate tasks through designated workflows, but to function they often require credentials to access systems.
This requires human interaction to enter login data and passwords, slowing down both the AI agent and human workers. As a result, AI agents receive credentials through agent browsers.
This has created a new problem, especially with AI agents in headless agent browsers, as credentials can be exposed in the underlying large language model, but 1Password, one of the best password managers, believes it may have found a solution.
Secure Agentic Autocomplete
1Password has developed Secure Agentic Autofill, which allows AI agents to use credentials within their workflow without being able to see or manage them themselves.
Instead, credentials are stored within the 1Password browser extension and can be requested by an AI agent. The browser extension will complete credentials on behalf of the AI agent, providing greater security within the workflow without impacting efficiency.
Secure Agentic Autofill uses a new protocol that uses an encrypted connection between the device and the browser extension using the Noise Framework. The AI agent requests the password, a human approves the use of the credential, and the AI agent continues with its workflow.
1Password has partnered with Browserbase to offer Secure Agentic Autofill through a new browser automation workflow UI. Like the AI agent, the Browserbase connection does not have access to the credentials stored in the 1Password browser extension and all requests require human approval.
Ultimately, Secure Agentic Autofill prevents credentials from being distributed across agents, logs, and messages, or from being distributed in areas that identity access management tools cannot see.
Additionally, by using 1Password, credentials can be better managed, added, and revoked without fear that a password has leaked to the far corners of an LLM.
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