IBM Announces HashiCorp Vault to Combat Rogue AI Agents

04:33 AM EDT, 10/27/2026 (MT Newswires) -- IBM (IBM) unveiled Tuesday HashiCorp Vault to help enterprises put autonomous AI to work, but with safeguards to combat AI rogue agents, the company said. HashiCorp Vault already secures non-human identities for enterprises, including ABN, AMRO, Adobe (ADBE), athenahealth, BBVA, BlackRock (BLK), Duke Energy (DUK), Expedia (EXPE), London Stock Exchange, and Starbucks (SBUX), among others. The company said new capabilities result in clear authority and accountability over AI agent operations, at TechXchange 2026, the company's annual technical conference.