The Access Trust Gap is the growing disconnect between the authority organizations grant and the control they actually enforce.

Organizations experience the Access-Trust Gap when they struggle to see which applications are in use, where credentials are stored, and which AI agents are operating on endpoints. Standing permissions accumulate. Secrets are embedded in scripts and pipelines. Autonomous systems act without clear boundaries. Audit logs record events, but not intent.

The result is blind spots for security and IT teams as well as friction for employees and developers.

1Password closes the Access Trust Gap by securing access when it actually happens.

We help organizations:

• Keep credentials protected and in one secure place
• Make sure access is granted only when it’s needed
• Check that the right person or AI agent is using the right device
• Prevent secrets from being embedded in code or shared unsafely
• Clearly show who accessed what and why

Instead of relying on standing permissions or one-time login checks, 1Password makes access secure, visible, and accountable every time it’s used.

Extended Access Management helps prevent:

• Credential theft and account takeover
• Password reuse and weak authentication
• Hardcoded or exposed secrets in developer and AI workflows
• Unauthorized access from unmanaged or unhealthy devices
• Shadow IT and unmanaged SaaS sprawl
• Orphaned accounts and incomplete deprovisioning
• Uncontrolled AI agent or service account access

By securing credentials and continuously evaluating context, it reduces identity-based attack surfaces across the organization.

Extended Access Management is delivered through three coordinated capabilities:

Discover: Uncover shadow SaaS, unmanaged credentials, AI agents, and non-human identities across your environment.

Secure: Vault credentials, enforce least-privilege access at runtime, validate device and identity context, and broker secrets without embedding them in code.

Audit: Log and explain every access decision with clear attribution across humans and agents. Together, these capabilities ensure authority never outpaces control.

By consolidating vaulting and credential management, SaaS management, contextual access with device trust, and AI agent access control into a unified solution, 1Password reduces tool sprawl and manual oversight.

Automated joiner, mover, and leaver workflows reduce provisioning errors. Continuous access verification reduces reactive investigations. Guided remediation reduces help desk burden.

IT and security teams gain proactive control instead of reacting to gaps after incidents or audits.

SaaS and AI-native organizations operate in distributed, dynamic environments. Employees adopt tools independently. Agents act at the edge. Authority shifts from humans to systems.

1Password was built to operate where work actually happens:

• On millions of endpoints
• Across thousands of SaaS applications
• Inside 1M+ developer workflows
• Within automation and AI-driven systems

We protect 1.3+ billion credentials and secure access across humans, machines, and AI agents. As work becomes more autonomous and distributed, identity security must move closer to where authority is exercised. 1Password is already there.