ServiceNow Launches AI Passport for 3rd-Party Agents, Adds 400-Plus Governance Connectors
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Updated · InfoWorld · Oct 15
ServiceNow Launches AI Passport for 3rd-Party Agents, Adds 400-Plus Governance Connectors
3 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Oct 15
Summary
AI Passport gives each ServiceNow or third-party AI agent a cryptographically signed identity that is checked at runtime, letting enterprises redirect, restrict or kill agents that exceed authorized scope.
ServiceNow folded the feature into a renamed Super Intelligence Control Tower, adding shadow-AI detection, access mapping, observability, policy enforcement and cost governance as companies push agents from pilots into production.
More than 400 connectors are meant to extend discovery and governance across platforms, but analysts said the model still depends on fresh CMDB and policy data and on broader adoption of the open specifications.
By year end, ServiceNow expects AI Passport, shadow-AI detection and AI Cost Management to be available, while enforcement and spending controls remain a key test of whether it can become a true control point for enterprise autonomy.
Separately, EmployeeWorks' third generation adds ToolSmith—trained on over 75,000 APIs—and background Productivity Routines to let developers and employees build governed assistants faster.
Will ServiceNow's strict new AI Passport controls accidentally strangle the dynamic problem-solving that makes enterprise AI agents valuable in the first place?
Could the hidden overlap between ITSM and workforce assistant licensing cause unexpected budget blowouts for companies adopting the 2026 AI packaging?
If an AI agent's passport is revoked mid-task, how does the system prevent catastrophic data corruption during complex autonomous routines?