{
 "id": "workload-identity",
 "name": "Workload identity",
 "aliases": [],
 "definition_md": "A cryptographic identity for software, such as a service or an agent, rather than for a person. WIMSE and SPIFFE define how workloads obtain and present such identities.",
 "step": "identify",
 "related_protocols": [
  "wimse",
  "spiffe"
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-wimse-arch/",
   "date": "2026-10-15",
   "label": "VERIFIED"
  }
 ],
 "part_of": null,
 "group": null,
 "url": "https://agenticweb.wiki/terms/workload-identity/",
 "category": "identify",
 "type": "term"
}